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Photoj^raplis  of  Prominent  Workers  in  the  Cause 

•      of  Spiritualism 


Thf.  Light  oi-  Tkith   Piiu-ishint,  Comj'Anv 
COLrMBI'S.  OHIO  .. 

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^prefatory. 


'HIC  idt-a  that  sermons  are  written  in  purling  streams,  and  trees  and  stones  his  inspired  the  work  to  be  found  in  the  following 
^  paK<-'^  ;  for  if  sermons  or  .lessons  .can  l)e  found  in  inanimate  objects,  how  much  l)etter  reason  abounds  for  finding  the  same 

^lessons  in-iluiman  countenances,  those  indexes  to  the  s<)ul.  and  which  jwrtray  the  lights  and  shadows  thereof  !  The  task, 
.  lipwever,  of  drawing;  together  any  nolatde  array  of  faces  has  been  by  no  means  an  easy  one  and  no  claim  is  made  that  the 
sources  of  supply  are  exlJiiusted  in  the  present  work,  tqdeed  the  trouble  has  been  to  select  from  the  mass  of  applicants  such  grouping 
as  might  be  considered  fairly  representative.  \  '    . 

No  attt'inpt  ha^vbeen  made  to  classify  the  various  pictures,  the  itlea  l)eing  to  follow  a  general  order  of  arrangement  with  reference 
to  the  artistic  and. appropriiate  groupings,  rather  than  a  grading  in  point  of  intellectual  and  spiritual- importance  of  the  characters. 
This,  too.  has  "beeu  a  somewhat  tedious  task.  The  biographical  sketches  were  placeil  in  a  department  set  apart  for  that  purpose,  for 
reasons  wtiiclv^are  oKvious  when  the  artistic  feature  of  the  work  is  considered ;  and  as  the  artistic  ought  to  be  paramount  in  a  work  of 
this  character,  it  has  been  studiously  kept  in  mind,  however  innK-rfectly  manifested.  In  placing  the  biographies  by  themselves  the 
work  is  necessarily  (divided,  but  it  is  urgecj  that  the  picTiKe  groupings  in  an  uniirterrupted  array  compensates  for  whatever  inconvenience 
•  nia>  arist- in  joining;  the  l>iographical  sketches  with  theij>\;^)rrespontling  photographs.  It  is. needless  to  say  that  the  arranging  of  the 
photographs  has  been  a  pleasing  employment,  and  feeling  that  this  .^i.itfM  was  to  be  the  greatest  undertaking  of  the  kind  in  the  history 
of  Spiritualisin.  it  was  essential  that  ail  moves  with  reference  to  it  must  be  made  with  due  caution  and  in  absolutely  unprejudiced  bias. 
The  glory  ot  Spiritualism  is  to  biNinind  in  the  character  of  its  adherents,  their  standing  in  the  community,  and  their  work  in  the 
world.  It  is  in<leed  with  jirifdon.ible  priile^herefore.  that  many  of  the  leading  minds  of  the  world,  their  honorable  and  commanding 
places  in  the  field  of  .science,  philosojihy.  and  literature,  are  herein  set  forth.  No  such  congregation  of  men  and  women,  drawn  fromf 
the  iinuimer^ble  walks  of  life  anywhere  cafl  be  brought  together,  and  does  not  this  fact  show  the  univer.sality  of  the  Spiritual  philosophy  ? 
Here  We  have  an  vclectici.sm  unparalleled,  a  cosmojwlitan  grouping  of  minds  such  as  no  other  inquiry  the  world  has  yet -seen,  ever  made 
possible.'  Nearly  .ill  the  leaiiing  nationalities  of  the  western  hemisphere  are  represented  in  these  pages.  Many  of  the  faces  will  be 
familiar  to  those  who  have  watched  the  careers  of  their  resix.-clive  originals.  Many  of  these  ta  es  are  beloved,  a,s  of  old  the  fijihermen 
of  (ialiJee  were  beloved,  and  called  the  di.sciples  of  a  man  who.  like  all  others  of  his  kind,  bore  his  own  cros.s  to  the  feet  of  purpled 
power  enthroned  in  ignorance. and  fine  jewels.  So  these,  many  of  them,  have -borne  their  crosses,  and  the  etertial  truth  of  Spiritualism 
amongst  the  plumed  Belslra//ars  and  intellectual  gourmands  of  the  present  materialism.  Others  are  unknown  to  the  •Readers,  who  now 
N^  for  the  first  time  look  upon  their  faces.  The  satisfaction  which  comes  with  the  view  of  a  face  long  haunting  the  mind,  is  one  of  the 
V  )^~-4mportlint  con.siderations  of  this  book,  and  as  such  it  willbea  pleasing  contribution  to  spiritual  literature.  \ 

It  is  evident  that  barriers,  once  deemed  insuperable,  toward  which  the  angelic  voices  and  teachings  of  the  New  Disp)ensation  were 
/-        aimed,  are  breaking  down.     Kverywhere  the  reach  of  iniiniry  is  turning  away  from  the  petrifying  sophistries  of  a  gloomy  {iromiseless 
materialism.         ■.■'■"'■  • 

In  the  sure  hope  that  the  LiciiT  ok  Tkvtii   Ai.ium  would  fill  a  niclje  in  this  intiuiry.  the  work  has  been  accomplished  and  given 
fc    to  the  world. 


CbNTENTS 


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Aksakof,  Alexandor. . 
Arras,  ,1.  I),  ami  wife 
A.lanis,  Dr.  ().  (;.  W   . 

Alien.  !•:.  I 

Andrews,  Dr.  H.  C    .  . 

All.iit,  I'.  R 

Allin,  H.  H 

Allen.  .1.   MadiHon 
Alien.  Mrs.  M.  T        .. 


B 


IS 
10 
13 
H3 
"•> 

is 


Banicluc,  Dr                         ,  5s 

linehanan.    Itr.  .1.  I: ■         ..  12 

lUIihitt,  Dr.  K.  I).   < 4-' 

Harrett.  W.   K..      K.  K.  S .  «4 

Barrett.  H.  I>   ...  !<:< 

Bariiip,  .1.  C .  73 

Heniis.  F.  H      • -.'is 

lieals,   .Nmepli *•  ■      •■    ■  -~ 

Heals.  Hishoj)  A      •>•"> 

Baade,  Xvllie  S.                    ...  I'T 

ilanjrs  Sisters.        • ftT 

Henion,  Dr.  C.  T.  H IT) 

Burl.eek.  Xellie  F           .■    ..        -.M 

Karkaloo,  Marv  A  , .•..., ....  I«» 

Haeli.  W.   H        .  .• ;          ..;....  11 

Hritien,  F.niniu  Hardin^te. ^ ! .  il 

Hraiin,  Klsie.    .......        ■       20 

I{ri),'liani,  Helen  T.    ..^ !• 

HaxiiT.  .1.  Frank      ■  ■ -Jt  ' ■*' 

Bond.  K.  W , . .  hh 

Beebe.  Kmily  1» < » 

Bacon.  Geo.   K. .^     ^ 4 

BriffRs.    St.  »)mer>  Mur^ijBe^^ 75 

Brow  ne.  Lida  C ..... 72 


Crsokes,  Sir  William 1 

Countess  of  CaitKneKS 74 

Connnt,  Dn  E.  E .     ...  63 

Carpenter,  Marion 4 


Clark,  .lanie*  (i 
Clarke.  Dr.  Dean 
CoJa  ilh:.  \V,  .1 
Conant.  Clara   Field 
Cutler.   Mrs    K 
Carpeiitcr.  Frank 
!Clai>i..  Dr.  \V.  W 
Crillv.  Mrs.    M    .1 
Cowiex     Klla  T 
Colliy.   I.ullier 
Cadwallailer,   Mr? 
C^ooper.  Mrs.  li 
Cones,  F.lliotI 
Canipliell   Itrolliers 
Clemens.  Mrs.  Dr 
Coleman,  W.  I'.. 

I>avis.  .\nclri\v  .laikson 
Davis,  ilarliiw 
Daniels.  Mi»»  Sylvia  K 
Denxiresl.  Mrs.  K.  J       . . 

Dawliarn    Clia»      

Dailev,  .In.kJf  A    il 
DearlMirn.  Mrs    Klla  I.     . 

D..rn,  H    C 

Dent.  C.  1". 
Denton,   Wni      ... 


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PA  OK 
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71 
IH 

81 
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17 
39 
3S 
70 


Knierson.  I'.d^rar  \V 'S^ 

Kwell,  Dr.  (;.  C.  B         ..            45 

F^lviards    F..l"ilh  K 29 

Evertlt,  .1.  B    ■>l 

Edjfcrl.v,  <  >sear  A  .                     62 

Evans.  Y.V     .    . :...: 77 

Flamtnarion.  Catnille    HO 

nower.  B.  ») 80 

Kales,  Imo^ene  C ,;.... 44 

Folsoni,  Mrs.  C.  M.   . . .  .^ , .  . .... ......  41 

Freeman.  Col.  .las 4 


tiaston,  Hon.  A    M 

Gournay  dc,  P.  F ., 64 

Grumbine.  J.  C.  F 63 

(;corKe.  Dr.  1*.  S      .........    , ...26 

Geddes,  Kev.  J.  F.  . .    :..  M 

tJentzke.  M.  O  ..    11 

Gould,  Capt.   E.  W .:...                      '.  «« 

(Jaston.  .\.  K .-. ...'....  64 

Gladinj;,  Mrs.  A.M.. ,,.......  17 

(iaule.  Miss  Mag};ie 


Hare,  Prof.  1{ X".: 7 

Hopps.  .f.  Ta^te. 48 

Hibbitts,  Mrs.  E.  S '....  .  ..i  ...... .TTytfe,^ 

Hull,  D.  W :.:..:...:..■....' ;.  45 

Hull.  Willard  .1 84 

"    Hull,  Moses  afld  Mattie  ...;...  ..■                       37 

Humphrey,  ().  W     .'....; «4 

Hamaiond.  .Iudf;e  A 61 

Hillinoss,  Mrs.  Dr.:. ...^.......  36 

HuRo,  Vrctor.    ' '  48 

Hidden.  Dr.  C.  \V .  ^ 33 

Hansman,  Dr.  Thea. ... . 60 

Hartman.  S ^.-    .. ,^ &• 

Herrick,   D.  A ..i..'. ..^.^.  65 

HazelriRK,  John. ..  ,^    ..........  r :.: 66 

Howe,  I.yman  C .  30 

'  Horman,  Dr.  .\dah  Sheehan. , .,1  34 

Hutcheson,  Dr.  Marjv.    41 

Hayward.   Walter.'. , 39 

Henyon,  Eugene .  ,                         26 

Hoffman,   Max.  .      N 66 

rtodge,  Will.  C: 46 

■Hartman,  Lizzie  Kelly 64 

Hopkins,  Eva  Payne ^  . . 71 

Jackson,  Jennie  Hagan  42 

James,  T.  H.  B. .' M 


IV  rAOB 

Khight,  J.  W ■••■  25 

Kayner,  Mrs.  I,  W ■  57 

Kimball,  Dr.  A.  A .'. 13 

Kurth,  Elizabeth  F ^ .'......  3d 

Klein,  Magdalene *3 

Kibby,  Mrs.  A.  E '** 

Kratt,  Mrs.  J.  W 15 

Kates,  Mr.  apd  Mrs '...  69 


Lodge,  Prof.  Oliver  J.,  (  F.  R.  S.) 

■  Lovelaqd,  Prof.  J.  S 

"Lyman,  Mary  C 

Loucks.  Celia. . . .'.    

Lindsay,  Mrs.  J 

Lynch,  l\Ilie  Lindsay 

Lepper,  Mrs.  E.  L 

Langsdorff,  Dr.  G.  Von 

Letford,  Geo.  A '.         ._• 

Luther,  Mrs.  ^  H , 

Lillie,  Mrs.  R.'S r. 

Lays,  Dr.  J.' 

LeBean,  Mrs.  Carrie. 

Lombroso,  Prof 

Lake,   Mrs.  H.  S 

Lawrence,  Mrs.  L,  L \ 

Lawrence,  Dr.  B.  M 

Lockwood,  \Vm . . 


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24 
69 
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76 

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Moulton,  Hon.  L.  V  .  .^ . .  21 

Myers,  H.  W   _ ".,..' 63 

McDevitt,  J.^f"    . : .- 31 

Murray.  C.  H. .' 49 

Manstield,  Dr.  W.  A 45 

Mansfield,  Dr.  J.  V ,.....*..........  63 

Marsh,  Luther  R v ' 61 

Moses.  W.  Stainton 27 

McGrath,  M ....'. 63 

Melchers,  F ^ 50 

Melchers,  A.  P 84 

Mosier,  Dr.  Nellie  C  . .  26 

Marryatt,  Miss  Florence   21 

Matteson,  Dr.  J.  H.  R 35 

Morse,  J.  J 48 

Mitchell,  Jtilia  Steelman 74 


CONTEiS'TS  —  Concluded 

N  rAOB 

Nicum,  W.  V ......' 22 

Nonrse,'  Mrs 81 

Nickless,  l-Mith  E.  R.. 76 

Newman,  Thos.  G 71 


Ottmar,  G    F. 


Patadino,  Kusapiu . 
Peebles,  Dr.  .1.  M... 
Pepper,  May  S, . . .. 

Peck.  W.  F 

Pruden,  Mrs.  C.  I) . . . 
Pfuntner,  Mrs.  Eva.. 
Phillips,  Mrs.  A.  A   . 
Price,  Thco.  F.  '    . . 
Purviance,  N.  M     . . 

Paine,  Mvra  F  

Prior,  I/oe  F.-     ...... 

Parcel  Is,  Mrs    '.'...- 


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70 
19 
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49 
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31 
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Quimby.  C.  W. 29 


Rochas,  If .  de 

Richmond.  Cora  L.  V . ./. ;'. . 

Richmond,  Hon.  .\.  B 

ReaJl,  Dr.  p-  A       ■• '    •• 

Ripley,  Frimk  T 

Ring,  .1.  W 

Reynolds.  Jillie  V 

Ruddick,  Mrs.  and  Daughter l . 

«oyce,  Mrs  D.  H.   

Richardson,  Mary  A, 


Sardou   V 

Stead,  W.  T     

Sherman,  Hon.  L.  A 

Severance,  A.  B   

Stanley.  C.  E •. 

Smith,  Dr.  N.  P 

Squire.  L.  T.  aiid  Wife 

Smith,  Mrs.  .\.  R.  

Smith,  Dr.  E.   A •. 

Stanley,  Hon.  A.  E 

Spragtte,  Mr.  and  Mj*.  E.  W . 
StebbinB,  G.  B  


5 
21 
5« 

61 
26 

i 

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<34 


14 

3 

60 

53 

,  15 

79 

•23 

32, 

46 

k4 

73 

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Swanson,  Dr.  Jacob ., 

Somers,  Mrs.'  Alice   

Sheets,  Mrs.  A.  E * 

Severance.  Dr.  A.  B.  i  Mary  i. 

Seabrook.  Mrs.  M.  S   

Swenson,  Miss  Carrie 

Suni,mcrs,  Mrs.  M ,  •  . . 

Schiaparelli.  Prof 

Snyder,  Mrs  M    H.  B.       

Sohcrmerhorn.  Dr    F 

Stewart,  C.  W 


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38 

6 

20 

.     52 

74 

.      78 

72 


Tuttle,  Hudson. 

Thomas,  Fjither 

Thcdford,  Maggie,. 

Thomas.  Mrs.  A.  E 

Train,  Emma 

Tcgrad.  Commandant. 

I'ndcrwopd,  B.  F 

I'nderwooil,  Sarah  A»  . 


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Wallace,  Prof.  A.  R.,  (  F.'  R.  S.l . 

Whiting,  Lilian  .  .  .  .' , . 

Wiillis.  E.  W      ^ -.., 

Weatherford.  Carrie  F. . . . . . 

Weatherford,  F^ie  and  Ethel . . 

Wright.  .1.  Clegg. 

\V<MMll>urv,  F   B   

Watkins,  .\bbie  F 

Williams,  Mrs.  M,  }•:. 

Wl'*'"«^.''''  ^'"''- J- J 

Willis,  A     f  ;  .* 

Weeks.  Newman        .    

WVkxI ward,  Mrs.  Ella  ........... 

White,  F.  Cordon 

Whitileitey,  Dr.  <r  E .-. .  • 

Wilson,  F   V     

Wallace,  David 

Walscr,  (J.  H     

Willis.   r»r  F.  L   H 

Walrohd,  G.  W 

Weaver,  Rev.   A   J  . . 

Whitlock,  Ida  P:  A... 

Weil,'Rabbi  Samuel . ., , . . 

W*aite,   Maggie 


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Prof.  Elliott  Coues 


J.  D.  Arras 


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Mrs.  C.  D.  Prudcn 


Mrs.  J.  D.  Arras 


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Giles  B.  Ste^bins 


William  T.  Stead 


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M.  0.  Gentzke 


Dr.  G.  Von  LanfsJorff 


W.  H.  Bach 


11 


Dr.  J.  R.  Buchanan 


Alfred  Russel  Wallace,  F.  R.  S. 


Dr.  A.  A.  Kimball 


Dr.  G.  E.  Whitllesev 


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Mrs.  Ella  L.  Dearborn 


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Miss  Silvia  E.  Daniels 


Mrs.  M.  J.  Criliy 


Mrs.  n.  A.  Barkaioo 


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Prof.  J.  Madison  Allen 


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Mrs.  Sara  A.  Underwood 


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Frank  Carpenter 


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Esther  Thomis,  S.  M. 


Nellie  C.  Mosier 


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Frank  T.  Ripley 


Dr.  Jos.  Beals 


Emma  Hardinfc  Britten 


W.  Stainton  Moses 


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BIOGHBPHICPL   SKETCHES 


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d.    O.    Rrras  .    I 

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Mr.  Arra>  liiisl».'rn  fur  ilu-  most  jkh  t  idiiititicil  with 
the  spiritual  inovfiin  t)t  iti  ColiiiiiliuK.  tt.  Ht-  isamDUj; 
the  most  ri'Nj)oclo<i  >>1  its  eiti/iiis,  :iti  iiitivi-  lnisini-ss 
niiin.  anil  at  present  the  president  of  the  CiiliiinhrtJt 
Spiritual  Socictv  ami  treasurer  5r  the  Stiittwrpuniza- 
tion 

Mrs.  "d.    O.    flrras 

One  of  Coliiinlius'  l)est  mediums  ;  a  ladv  of  exueme 
force  of  eharaeter  aliililv.  and  lionor.  Her  mnliuni- 
ship  has  been  for  vears  a  delight  to  those  who  fiavc 
been  KucMx  at  her  select  Hcancen.  \ 

Prof.  J.    Madison   P.lien 

Mr.  Allen  is  an  inspirational  speaker,  niusieal  com- 
poser, test  medium,  and  secretary  of  the  Missouri 
State  .-Vssociation  of  S||*iritualiNts 


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W.  'fldams 


Dr^'  .\dafns  is  a  wti.ll  lino^n  western  worker,  both  in 
camp  and  society  interest*.  Me  is  a  reuularlv  practic- 
inj:  physician  in  I)uf>U(|iic,  la.,  hut  devotes  a  hirnc 
portion  of  his  time  ti>  Imiievolent  anil  charitiible  lalM>rs 
in  I hx;  Spiritual  vine>aril.  He  is  not  only  aiyery  gen- 
erous man,  hut  a  hi>rh-minded  <ine.  ,'• 

E.    L.    flllen  .     1  ■ 

Mr.  .\llen  i"  an  ohi  pholo;jra)>her,  lia.vin^  com- 
mencl-d  his  pictttre  career  in  is.')l  l>y  makini;  (Kj:uer.' 
fe(»t  \  pes  het'^r^*  pliotos  \\cre  matle  in  .\mertca.  and  is 
sttH  in  the  hiisiress.  He  i fiv  ived  the  tirst  li«hl  of 
Spiritualism  in  IS.'is.  through  I)r  .1  V.  Manstield.  He 
has  been  tdentitiid  with  the  cause  in  lioston  ever 
since.      Hisstu<lio  is  at  P.'.*  Ko>ls|on  street.  '. 


0r. 


C.   flndreLUS 


Dr.  .\inlrews  of  Hrid;;eport.  Mich.,  was  horn  io  IS,').5. 
He  investigated  Spiritualism  in  cliildho<Ml  throiii;h 
readini;  the  journals  upon  Spirilualism  WaV  a  sensi- 
tive and  <levelopeil  as  a  meilium  at  the  ajje  i>f  four'-, 
teen.  He  taught  school  at  the  ajre  of  si.xteen  and 
I'lilloued  this  profession  l\\ eiity -two  years,  also  exer- 
cisiu};  his  tncdial  v,\\\s  in  healiiiK"  the  sick  lecturinjr. 
and  K'viiiK  tests.      His  houn,'  .is  at  Hridjfepiirt,  Mich., 


where  his  farm  is  loviitetl.  Iir.  .\ndrewK'  family  are 
of  Knulish  descent,  having  as  a  family  settled  at 
Wetheistield.  Conn  .  in  ItHlt.  His  parents  were  born 
ill  Mass:(chusetts  and  are  now  living  at  the  aj;es  of  77 
and  7fi. 

Paul    n.  filbert  . 

V  Mr  .Vlbert,  of  Chattanooga.  Tenn..  wasliorn  in  IMl, 
anil  when  six  years'idd  his  parents  left  I'liV'iti,  France, 
c  )niinjr  to  this  countiy  and  settling;  in  Cincinnati 
He  tirst  heard  of  Spiritualism  while  attending  the 
Irbana,  » >.  I'liiversity  in  ls.'>4.  through  a  qlassinate. 
He  helped  i.r.anize  the  tirst  Society  in  Chatt'inoo);a 
and  WHS  its  t>iesideiit  for  .several  terms.  He  also  was 
one  of  ihe  originators  «<fli^t;  Lookout  Canwp  Meeting 
.Adsociatinn,  and  was  its  presiiivnt  for  sev.  n  years. 
He  ii  still  one  of  its  directors..  Mr.  .\lbert  is  prominent 
in  business  and  social  circles,  and  has  held  the  ottice 
of  alderman  and  school  commissioner  foi  a  numherof 
terms  .\t  present  he  is  ^teiieial  niananer,of  onettf  the 
National  Hnildin^  .\ssociations  and  m;.na>;er  of  liie 
Chattanooga  opera  hou8e.  He*is  hij;h  up  in  nearly 
all  the  fraternal  orders  and  benevolent  Hssociattohs, 
Iwiiit;  a  :t"J  degree  Mason. 

■   ,  ■    ■'  4'  ■■ 
H.   8.  flllen 
* 

Henry   H    A+f?'n  has  been  known  for  years  as   the 
"  Hoy  medium,"  though  matunil   under  the  nomen- 
clature      H<-  i«  a   i>liy«ical   medium  of  a  pronounced 
typ<',  and   has  given  niau\    tests  of  his  powers.     His. 
home  is  in  Sunimerland.  Cal.  '        ^ 

fl.'flksaKor 

.Mexander  ^'ikolajew  tt>ch  .\ksakof  was  born  in 
Kepiofka.  Hiissia,  in  1*<S'J.  He  wasedHcated  for  civil 
duty  at  the  l{">al  l.yct^im,  St  Petersburg.  WWle  in 
service  he  read  Swedenborg's  "  Heaven  ij,nd  Hell." 
which  turned  bis  thouglits  in  that  directioii  of  spirit- 
ual in\  estigatioii,  and,  like  all  thinkers,  he  drilled 
from  ibcnce  into  S;iiriUialism.  But  unable  to  advo- 
cate it  as  a  new  revelation  in  his  own  country,  he 
went  into  tiermany,  nnd  there  transhited  Robert 
Hare's  "  Kxperimenlal  Investigations"  into  the  Rus- 
sian language,  and  later  .\iiilre\v  .lackson  Davis"  works 
into  (Jerman.  This  was  followed  by  translations 
from  C.ookes,  Kdmunds.  AVallace  and  K.  I>.  Owen. 
But  his  soul  was  not  vet  sftlled,  and  in  IH74  he  started 


a  (Jerman  monthly,  "  Psychic  Studies,"  at  I,«ipsif;, 
which  is  still  running  during  all  this  time,  however, 
going  to  and  fro  jind  introilucing  .Spiritualism  into 
Russia  as  a  science.  Through  the  aid  of  coiivtrts  he 
introduced  mediums,  into  the  land  of  the  czhrs,  and 
many  others  were  led  to  the  light.  In  all,  Mr.  .\kKa- 
kof  tra.ivslated  and  wrote  over  thirty  Ijooks  pertain- 
ing to  Spintjalism  -  the  Inst  Mieing  a  .500  page  vol- 
ufiie,  which  appeared  in  Russia  two  years  ago.  enti- 
tled •"Tlic  Forerunners  of  Spiritualism  During  the 
Last  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty  yeatB." 

Mrs.    M.   Theresa   flllen       • 

Mrs.  .Mien  is  an  inspirational  speaker,  improvisa- 
trice  and  test  medium  ;  alsp  secretary  of  the  .Missouri 
State  Camp  .\ssoci«tion.  and  otherwise  prominently 
identified  with  the  work  in  Missouri  and  adjoining 
States.  In  addition  to  this,  she  is  one  of  the  mediums 
for  the  Silver-Chain  Developing  Circle,  and  co-editi  ess 
of  the  .N'i/'»/-fV/((i;ii  Mrsiuiuirr.  Mrs,  Allen  was  calle<t 
to  the  ministry  'of  ispiritualism  some  twertty-five 
years  ago,  and  from  the  tirst  hasdevoted  herselfunre- 
seryedly  to  this  ,Snpr€me  Truth.  Her  special  fi<ld, 
during  the  past  ten  years,  has  been  in  the  West  and 
South,  with  beHdijuarters  at  St>ringKeld,  Mo. 

Josep^, Seals 

Mr.  Reals  was  the  late-president  of  the  Ijike  Pleas- 
anfVrunip  Meeting  .\s.soy-iation,  having  been  its  head 
otticer  for  niniteei»  years. 

W.   M.   Bacn 

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Mr.  liach  is  an  all-round  worker  iij  the  field  —  lec- 
turer, teacher.  in*cnto''r.  and  author.  He  isanpcnrn- 
est  reasoner  and  has  a  fine-perceptioh  of  the  morale 
ill  ,^piritualism.i 

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Bishop  fl«   Seals  . 

Mr.   Reals  is  the   poet  speaker   of  our  cause.     His 
inspirations  are   sentimental    and    touching,  and  his 
influence  is  of  the  same  order.   .He  is  well  known  m     , 
the    middle  and   western  States,  and   is  a  much-wel-     ' 
comed  lecturer  among  a  large  class  of  our  people. 


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^  Nellie    S.   Baade 

» 
Mrs.  Rauile  is  it  spirituiil  speaker  of  the  old  regime  — 
true  to  ^ler  mission  and  never  swerves  from  her  sub- 
jcet  or  deviates  from  her  line  of  <lulie8  as  inspired  bv 
the  invisil)les.  She  knows  but  one  thinjr.  nnd  that  is 
truth.  Worldlv  opinion  or  conventionality  has  no  in- 
fluence On  her.  She  is  either  a  SpiritualiMI  or  she  is 
nulhinK.  ■';  1  '.- 

The   fiangs   SislerS' 

Lizzie  and  May  Han^s,  of  ;{  South  Klizabeth  street, 
Chicajfo,  111.,  are  mediums  of  various  'phases,  receiv- 
ing spirit  tests  through  iflairvoyance,  slate  writing, 
typewriting,  materiiilizalion,  and  latterlj'  in  the  form 
of  oil  paintings.  They  have  had  many  a  battle  with 
skeptics,  but  the  phenomena  occurrinK  in  their  pres- 
ence invariably  made  them  the  victors.  Facts  need 
no  arRumentation. 

Or.  C.   T.   H.   Senlon        ^ 

Dr  Benton  is  an  inspirational,  trance  and  healing: 
medium.  He  was  converted  to  Spiritualism  some 
elfven  years  a^o,  lieinK  then  a  member  of  the  M.  E 
Church.  He  is  at  present  regular  minister  of  the  First 
Spiritualist  Church  of  Peoria.  Ills.,  which -.posit  ion  he 
has  held  for  several  years  with  credit  to  himself  and 
the  cause. 

Nellie   F.   Surbeck  ^ 

Mrs.  Ihirbeck  was  born  in  North  Hayerbill,  N.  H. 
At  a  seance  in  Huston,  after  her  Krst  husband's  death 
she  received  her  initial  lest.  In  1H87  she  was  entranc- 
ed and  soon  developed  as  a  platform  test  medium. 
She  is  also  a  healing  medium.  Together  with  her 
preseiit  husband  she  carried  on  a  series  of  successful 
meetings  at  Plymouth,  Mass.  Her  field  lies  princi- 
pally in  the  Ciistern  States.  ■     i-   '  ^ 

F.  -«.  Semis 

Mr.  Bemis  was  born  in  Sturbridj;e<Mass.,  November 
•29,  1823.  He  went  to  Meadville,  Pa.,  entered  the 
Meadville  Theolojtical  College,  and  remained  three 
years.  He  is  an  old  friend  to  the  cause  and  ever  ready 
to  defend  it.  But  he  is  still  in  Meadville,  having 
made  it  his  home  ;  was  once  its  mayor,  and  held  other 
city  offices.  He  is  still  in  service,  and  looking  to  the 
welfare  of  his  adopted  city. 

'    Mary    R.    Barkaloo       , 

Of  Mrs.  Barkaloo,  Maj.  tJen.  H.  W.  .Johnson,  of  St. 
Paul,  Minn.,  writes  :  "  True  to  her  rclit;iou'8  belief 
and  an  honor  to  humanity,  and  all  who  havtftiad  the 
privilege  of  making  her  acquaintance,  have  been 
benefited  by  her.  No  physician  has  saved  more  p.i- 
tients  than  she  ;  nor  has  any  medium  done  more  for 
the  uplifting  of  humanity." 


Mrs.    Emma    Hardin^e    Srilien 

Her  long  and  arduous  labors,  and  remarkable  ca- 
reer as  a  medium,  seer,  prophetess,  arid  inspired 
advocate  of  the  new  Spiritual  Dispensation  in  .\mer- 
ica,  Australia,  New  Zealand,  and  (ireat  Britain,  give 
her  front  rank  in  the  long  roll  of  honored  mediums 
and  leailrrs  of  the  early  days  of  the  movement. 
Peerless  and  incomparab'e,  her  wonderful  powers 
of  inspirational  oratory  have  ex'-rted  vast  influence 
for  go'  d.     Her  home  is  now  in  Manchester,  Enjf. 

Rev.    Elsie    Braun 

Mrs.  Bniun  was  born  in  .Vberdeen,  Scotland,  and 
came  to  Canada  in  September,  IHHI,  and  to  the  States 
in  IH-fi.  Me-  was  lin>ught  up  in  the  F.piscopal  doc- 
trines, hi  t  alwa^M  believed  in  and  realized  the  invisi- 
ble world  ;  was  always  meiliumistic  and  developed 
these  gifts  in  1891,  and  has  practiced  them  as  a  public 
medium  ever  since  with  phenomenal  success.  Her 
mediumship  consists  of  clairvoyance,  healing,  and 
speaking.  She  commence<I_  as  a  tnince  speaker,  but 
for  the  last  two  years  hits  been  nn  inspirational 
speaker.  In  ISHi  she  ran  the  Inde|le%«Jent  Psychical 
S<K'ietyi  in  St  Paul,  Minn.  In  IHHtt  she  moved  to 
Minneapolis  and  held  a  meeting  everv  Sunday  evej 
ing,  which  was  very  successful,  and  finallx  became  tl 
First  Progressive'  Spiritual  Church,  incorponited  ui 
der  the  laws  of  Minnesota',  and  chartered  bv  tJ>e  < 
National  Spiritualists'  .\s80ciation.  .She  is  pastor  of 
the  churcli  i«nd  has  been  ever  since  its  birth. 

I  Helen   T.   Brijham 

Mrs.  Brigham  was  lM>rn  at  Hennikcr,  N.  H.  When 
about  fourteen  years  old  she  manifested  signs  of  me- 
diumship, and~at  her  first  sitting  became  entranced, 
since  which  time  iflie  has  been  in  the  field.  She  now 
speaks  in  semi-trance  on  an.V  subject  unprepared,  and 
is  withal  an  example  of  a  pure,  noble  character  —  free 
from  guib-  or  pretention  —  and  cares  little  whether 
the  world  honors  her  or  not.  All  she  asks  is  peace 
from  dissention  or  gossip. 

W.    F.    Barrelt,    F.  R.  S.  E..    M-  ft-  I-  fl. 

Professor  of  experimental  phvsics,  and  dean  of  the 
faculty  in  the  Koyal  College  of  Science  for  Ireland, 
and  his  brother,  the  Rev.  (J.  S.  Barrett,  I>..l).,  ichair-\ 
man  of  the  Congregational  I'nion',  were  born  in  ' 
.Jamaica,  their  faiher  bei«g  a  well  known  missionary 
there.  Professor  Barrett  has  made  a  number  of  scien- 
tific diiscoveries,  which  have  placed  him  among  the 
foremost  living  scientists.  In  IStts.  Mr.  Barrett  wit- 
ne8se<l  remarkable  experiments  in  mesmerism  and 
thought  transference,  and  was  by  them,  led  into  Spir- 
itinilism.  In  1882  he  and  Mr.  i)awson  Rogers  sum- 
moned a  conference,  when  the  Society  for  Psychical 
Research  was  founded.  He  is  a  philosophical  and. 
religious  Spiritualist. 

II 

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J.    Frartk    Baxter  ^ 

Mr.  Baxtvr  was  l)orn  in  PlymoOth,  'Mass.,  Nov.  11, 
1841,  in  which  town  he  also  graduated  from  the  high 
sch(K)l  with!  honors.  From  thence  he  went  to  the 
Bridgewater  .State  Norirtal  SchooI,Iwhere  he  earned  a 
dI|)lom-i  to  teach.  But  from  early  childl\obd  he  ex- 
hibited evidences  of  mediumship,  and  when  the 
"Rochester  knockings"  were  discussed  liis^-oterest 
was  attracted  to-  the  same  iind  the  results  attending. 
Family  circles  led  to  medial  unfoldmenCand  in  time 
Mr.  Baxter  be.-ame  a  test  medium  of  decided  qual- 
ities. Work  of  love  gradually  led  into  the  profetslon, 
as  the  dematid  for^iw  services  became  so  great  that 
he  was  forced  to  give  up  teaching  classes  for  the 
masses.  Since  1877  he  has  been  a  missionary  in  the 
Spiritualist  field,  and  stands  in  the  front  rank  of 
workers  for  the  cause  His  lectures  are  profound  and 
logical  ;  his  tests  accurate  and  comforting.  He  is  a 
medium  in  the  fullest  sense  of  the  term,  and  perhaps 
as  perfect  a  one  as  it  is  possible  for  a  mortal  in  the 
conscious  state  to  become. 

0r.    Baraduc 

I>r  Baraduc.  whcse  portrait  we  present  in  this  al- 
bum, established  a  world-wide  reputation  by  his  work 
on  the  polaric  force  exhibited  by  human  vital  radia- 
tion in  its  action  on  the  biometer.  His  subsequent 
work  on  the  photogniphic  images  registered  bv  these 
radiations  created  quite  a  sensation.  He  studied  un- 
der Dr.  Charcot  at  the_.Salpetriere,  and  is  the  author 
of  numerous  treatise^^on  nervous  diseases,  and-  oa 
electrotherapeutics.  His  address  is  90  Rue  St.  Hon-' 
orei  Paris. 

E^.W.  Bond     " 

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\  scarred  veteran  in  the  rallies  of  the  Spiritualist 
host  of  our  country  is  presented  in  port/raiture  in  this 
album.  Mr  Bond  has  been  well  known  for  many 
years  among  the  Spiritualists  of  northeastern  Ohio, 
northwestern  Pennsylvania,  and  western  New  York. 
Formerly  he  was  closely  identified  with  the  C.  L.  F.  A. 
at  I.ily  Dale,  and  of  late  has  been  prominently  identi- 
fied with  the  interests  temponil  and  spiritual  of  the 
new  Florida  camping  grounds  at  lAke  Helen.  Mr. 
Bond's  home  is  at  Willoughby,  Ohio,  and  when  the 
pressure  for  organization  in  this  State  reached  him 
he  threw  himself  into  the  work  with  his  old-time 
vigor  and  was  a  leading,  although  quiet  and  iiihob- 
trusive,  figure,  in  the  deliberations  of  the  convention, 
which  elected  him  to  the  presidency  of  the/Ohio 
Spiritualists'  Association,  an  honor  unttought,  but 
worthily  Iwstowed. 

Emily   P.  Beebe 

Mrs.  Beebe  wasl>orn  in  Vermont.  She  received  the 
light  of  Spiritualism  in  18H8,  when  she  began  to  de- 
velop as  n  medium.  She  soon,  became  an  inspiration- 
al speaker  and  has  been  in  active  service  ever  since. 
She  has  held  various  ofl^ces  in  different  societies,  and 


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hHH  OTgnnizvA  a  number  of  ftocieticx  herself.    Sin<;e 
MHivn,  1897,  she  has  been  serving  a  society  at  Horton, 
,  Mich.,'  of  wnich  she  is  also  the  president.  i 

H.    0.    fiarrctl 

Mr.  Barrett  is  the  first  president  of  the  National 
Spiritualist  .Xssociution.  He  is  quite  a  youn);  man, 
iind,  as  frequently  tjuoted  was  "The  ri|;hi  man  in  the 
rj)(ht  place. "  He  is  in  every  respect  a  scholar  and  a 
gentleman,  and  worthy  the  position  he  holds,  and  no 
4loubt  generally  appreciated  by  those  who  know  the 
tiucrifice  it  costs  to  fulfil  the  duties  of  such  a  p'ace. 
And  Mr.  Barrett  was  by  no  means  derelict.  Few 
could  have  done  better  No  doubt  others  have  had 
more  difficult  up-hill  work,  but  none  have  covered 
>ucb  a  wide  field  of  beneficiary  service  in  so  short  a 
time  as  this  genlleman.  He  breached  into  opr>osing 
elements  and  breastworks  under  adverse  circnni- 
xl.'inces  that  entitle  him  to  the  love  and  sympathy  of 
all  Spiritualists.  During  ISUT  he  accepted  the  position 
«s  editor  of  The  Banner  of  Light 

George    H.    Bacon 

Mr.  Bacon  is  not  akogether  unknown  to  readers  of 
the  lAi/hl  of  Triilh.  tK'Casional  flashes  from  his  pen 
have  illiiminiiled  these  columns  iluriu);  the  past. 
We  now  introduce  him  a  little  nearer.  Mr.  Bacon 
was  born  in  WcllHeet.  Mass,  in  lH;«i,  but  attended 
school  in  I{o«ton.  TIioukIi  brought  up  a  MethiMlist, 
he  bi^'ame,  in  his  teens,  an  attendant  upi)n  Rev. 
TbeiMlore  Parker's  preaching,  which  subseijuently 
had  much  to  do  with  shaping  bis  thought  an.i  liberal- 
izing his  mind.  During  the  past  thirty-five  years  be 
has  held  a  government  position,  and  while  in  Wash* 
ington  he  helped  to  establish  spiritual  meetings  in 
that  city  in  contiection  with  Father  Pierpont,  \.  F.. 
Newton.  Thomas  (Jales  Forster.  Cranston  I,auri.  .Al- 
fred Horton,  Dr.  Rowland,  and  a  few  others.  In  the 
recently  published  '  I.ife  Work  of  Cora  I..  V.  Rich- 
mond," Brother  Bacon's  pen  furnishes  the  interesting 
chapter  relating  to  that  lady's  services  in  Washing- 
ton, D?C.,  during  the  reconstruction  en«.  K  predic- 
tion made  at  the  time  respecting  governmental  con- 
ditions has  become  singularly  verified.  During  the 
past  few  years  he  has  repeatedly  lectured  before  the 
Society  of  Progressive  .Spiritualists  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  and  also  before  several  of  the  literary  ehibs 
of  that  city. 

-     -^  C.   cl.    Barnes 

' '  Mr.  Barnes  is  a  trumpet  and  clairvoynhf  medium  — 
has  been  since  l.ST'J  developing  in  Newjwrt.  Ky., 
under  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  \.  .Iohns<in,  of  Covington. 
Mr.  Shannon,  and  Mr..  Hare,  of  Cincinnati.  .Since 
then  he  has  traveled  over  twenty-nine  States,  holding 
«eanees.  both  private  and  public,  with. good  success 
generally.  His  home  is  at  238  East  Lynn  street,  An- 
derson, ind.      ,     '. ,     . 


^ror.  Jos.   Rodes   Buchanan.   M'   t>. 

Dr.  J.  R.  Buchanan,  whose  well-known  countenance 
graces  this  album,  was  born  at  Frankfort  Ky..  Dec. 
11,  1814.  At  the  age  of  twelve  he  l>egan  the  s"tudy,<jf 
law,  but  circumstances  led  in  other  directions,  and, 
like  many  other  great  men.  he  began  his  famous 
career  as  a  printer.  Having  innate  genius  he  became 
a  teacher  with  progressive  iviews  on  his  profession. 
This  naturally  curried  hiin  beyond  (he  common 
sphere  of  his  lalKjrs,  and  he  became  a  teacher  among 
the  ■  teachers.  His  researches  and  discoveries  con- 
cerning the  human  bniin,  the  skull,  and  the  living 
man,  constituted  a  trinity  of  practical  value  to  man- 
kind which  will  do  more  for  human  salvation  than 
all  the  traditional  ones  combined.  The  diK'tor's  meth- 
o<ls  of  investigation  landeil  him  M|uarely  into  the 
midst  of  a  new  field  a  si-ience  now  known  as  psy- 
chomctry.  Mis  experiments  in  that  line  accorded 
with  those  made  by  spiritualistic  mediums,  and  re- 
sulted in  his  conversion  to  Spiritualism.  Since  then 
Dr.  Buchanan  has  devoted  himself  more  or  less  to 
tK'cult  subjects  bringing  |his  vast  store  house  of -pre- 
vious knowk-dge  to  bear  bn,  his  later  investigations, 
and  thereby  aiding  in  the  promulgation  of  the  scie/i- 
tific  bninch  of  Spiritualism.  .\»  a  scholai  and  teacher 
Dr.  Buchanan  ranks  with  the  highest  in  our  I'niversi- 
ties.  Of  his  worth  and  abilities  Rev.  Wm.  Strickland, 
D.  D..  wnite  in  1HH.5:  "Dr.  Buchanan  is  singularly 
clear,  concise,  ami  interesting  in  the  exposition  of  his 
great  themes,  often  risiiig  to  a  rare  philosophic  elo- 
quence which  rivets  attention  and  enforces  convic- 
tion. He  possesses  one  (|U:ility  which  interests  me 
above  all  others,  and  that  is  his  deep  moral  and  relig- 
ious enthusiasm.  .\ll  his  aims  are  practical  and  hu 
manitarinua  and  be  has  no'-interest  in  any  science  or 
literature  that  brings  no  conspicuous  benefit  to  man. 
Those  who  have  read  his  great  work  on  Kducation, 
which  many  hope  will  produce  a  revolution  in  the 
.systems  of  education,  cannot  fail  to  have  recognised 
iti  it  the  profound  sjigacitv  of  a  practical  philanthro- 
pist, whose  principles,  if  adopted,  would  put  an  end 
to  human  degradation."  Dr.  Buchanan  is  at  present 
living  in  Sjin  .lose.  Cal.  His  latest  book  is  "  Primi- 
tive Christianity." 

E.^. '"SabbilL,   M<  0M   LL.  0. 

Dr  Babbitt,  aiithor  o(  Principles  of  Light  and  Color, 
Human  Culture  and  Cure.  Religion,  etc..  is  the  Dean 
of  the  College  of  Fine  Forces,  now  established  at  Ix)s 
.Angeles,  Cal.,  which  is  fast  gaining  a  world-wide  rep- 
utation. The  institution  has  a  thorough  svstem  of 
absent  teaching  and  confers  the  degree  o\  D.  M., 
Doctor  of  Magnetics 

0r.    E.    E.   Cenanl  . 

Dr.  Conant  is  the  husband  of  Clara  Field  Conant, 
the  well-known  lecturer  in  our  rafLks,  unU  also  an 
ardent  worker  in  the  cause.  -"^  , 

III 


Frank   Carpcnlcr 

Mr  CarpeQter  is  conductor  of  the  First  National 
Spiritual  Church  of  Detroit.  Mich.,  and  is  the  hus- 
band of  Mrs.  Marion  Carpenter,  the  noted  speaker 
and  psychometrist. 

Mrs.   Marion  Carpenter 

This  lady  is  a  psychometr^  and  inspirational 
speaker  and  serves  the  friends  in  Detroit,  Mich. 
She  is  doing  a  good  work  through  her  metliumsbip, 
and  has  made  ninny  a  sorrowing  heart  think  that 
life  was  worth  living. 

James   C.   Clark 

Mr.  Clark  was  generally  known  as  the  "  Poet  of  the 
People,"  and  the  '"  Poet  Singer."  He  was  born*  in 
Constancia,  N.  Y.,  in  1830.  He  was  a  Spiritualist  all' 
his  life,  and  wrote  for  such  magazines  as  the  Arena. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  litenirv  ability.  His  last 
earthly  home  wait  in  Pasadena,  Cal.,  from  whence  he 
passed  over  in  October,  1897. 

0cane  Clark 

Dr.  Clarke  is  an  old  war  horse  in.our  ranks  and  has 
had  many  a  hard  struggle  with  error  and  supersti- 
tion. He  is. well  known  all  over  the  country,  though 
his  labors  were  confined  principally  to  the  west  dur- 
ing the  past  years.  Besides  being  a  good  lectoi^r 
on  Spiritualist  subjects  he  is  equal  to  any  emergency 
on  economic  subjects.  Dr.  Clarke  also  has  a  poetical 
vein  in  his  c'omposition  which  manifests  at  times 
much  to  the  delight  of  his  hearers  and  rea^ra  of 
newspapers. 

Vr.  A.  ColvUle 

Commenced  his  career  as  ah  inspirational  exponent 
of  the  Spiritual  philosophy  in  London  twenty-one 
years  ago.  Shoi«ly  afterwards  he  came  to  this  coun- 
trv,  where  he  haMectured  to, large  audiences  in  most 
of  the  principal  cities,  and  has  paid  several  return 
visits  to  Kngland.  He  has  done  a  great  amount  of 
good  work,  and  has  published  several  books. 

.     Clara   Field  Conant 

Mrs.  Conant  is  a  resident  of  Millwood,  West  Va.,  and 
serves  the  cause  as  speaker  on  the  public  platform. 
She  is  a  woman  with  deep  convictions  of  the  truth, 
and  serves  as  one  l>orn  to  her  mission.  She  was~ 
clairvoyant  froip  her  earliest  recollection,  began  her 
public  work  in  I8^>  as  trance  speaker,  psychometrist 
and  cli^irvoyant  and  clairaudient  diagnosing  disease 
and  giving  medical  (tdvice  and  magnetic  healing  until 
her  hf'alth  failed,  since  which  time  she  has  resided 
some  years  in  Washingtoii  and  West  Virginia,  occa- 
sionally lecturing,  as  her  health  permitted.     S.  W. 

Countess  of  Caithness 

The  Countess  of  Oaithhess  Duchesse  I)e  Poirar), 
recently  decefsed,  was  an  ardent  Spirithalist.     Her- 


self  n  writing  medium.'shc  hatl  li  greax  sympathy  for 
mediums,  anil  invittjil  many  to  visit  her  in  I'aris.  She 
spent  much  time  anil  money,  and  published  hooks 
and  pamphlets  to  further  the  cause  she  had  so  much 
at  heart. 

■      ffirs.    E.   Culler    ,    -, 

Mrs  Cutler,  of  I'hilaiK-lphLi,  Pa.  was  lior'n  in 
I'rovidence,  K.  I.,  and  a  medium  from  her  seventh 
year.  She  was  ordained  hy  the  First  .Xssociation  of 
Spiritualists,  of  Phil.idelphia.  I'a  ,  and  occupied  the 
platform  as  a  trance  speaker  and  medium  for  twelve 
years,  reading  from  flowers  brought  hy  the  audience 
the  names  and  faces  seen  in  them.  .Slie  has  organ- 
ized societies,  and  always  helped  in  building  up  when 
in  weak  conditions.     Her  home  is  in  Philadelphia,  I'a. 

0r.   Wales   W.   Clapp 

Dr.  Clapp  has  been  for  nearly  forty  years  one  of  the 
foremost  dentists  of  Connecticut.  A  mail  of  sterlin;; 
rugged  character  an  Ircprescntitive  of- a  long  line  of 
aiicestors  whose  push  energy  and  eccentricities  aie 
forever  interwoven  in  New  Knglan<l  history.  Dr. 
Clapp  is  aiwl.  has  been  for  many  years  a  resilient  of 
Norwich,  Conn.,  where  be  is  known  as  an  ouf.spoken 
Spiritualist  and  ifletitihed  with  the  work  of  Spfritual- 
ism  in  that  city.  He  has  served  as  ch'irman  of  the 
Norwich  Spiritualist  I'nion.  and  his  heart  and  purse 
have  evtr  been  open  for  the  advancement  of  the 
cause. 

Mrs.    M>  cl-  Crilly 

Mtjs.  Crilly  is  a  platform'  test  medium  and  psycho- 
meter  of  rare  abilitv.  She  is  at  home  at  .\llegheny. 
Pa. 

Sir    William    Crookes,    F.   ft.   S. 

Mrl  Crookes  is  one.  of  th^  most  noted  and  notable 
chemists  and  physicists"  of  the  time.  In  his  work 
"  Researches  into  the  Phenomena  called  Spiritual," 
he  boldly  asserted  the  reality  of  the  manifestations, 
and  declared  that  trickery  could  notyovtjr  the  ground. 
He  affirmed  recently  that  there  i'«  "absdiitely  no 
reason  "  iinm-i  to  deny  the  probability  of  such  phe- 
nomena '■  as  he  described,  and  he  still  adheres  to  the 
statement  o^Vacts  made  in  his  book.  In  hif*  testi-. 
mony  to'Spirituali<m,  he  says:  'That  hitherto  un- 
recognized form  of  Force  whether  it  be  called  physi- 
cal or  psychical  is  of  little  consetjuence  -is  involved 
in  this  occurrence  is  not  with  me  a  mattet-of  opinion, 
but  of  absolute  knowledge." 

>Etla    T.   Couiiey 

Mrs.  Cowle.v  was  l)orn  in  I.eon,  N.  Y.,  1852.  In  18»5 
she  developed  as  an  inspirational  writer,  and  then 
began  to  prepare  for  public  work.  Her  children,  like' 
herself,  are  all  mediumistic. 

^  Luir7er   Colby 

Mr.  Colby  founded  Tlit  li'iniur  of  l.iijlit  in  Boston, 
is  1857,  an<i  edited  it  for  over  thirty -seven  years,    ije 


had  previously  been  a  materialist,  hut  "hy  his  in- 
vestigation* became  convinced  of  the  conscious  con- 
tinuity of  human  life  beyond  the  grave,  and  the  power 
of  the  excarnate  ones  to  intelligently  make  their  pres- 
ence known — under  certain  proper  but  imperative 
conditions —  to  the  dwellers  in  the  mortal  form."  He 
was  ihi's  brought  to  recognize  thewiul  within  himself, 
anil  bisstunly  independence  of  mind  made  him  a  tit 
instrument  for  pioneer  work  for  the  angel-world. 
Mr.  Colby  piis.sc<l  to  the  higher  life  in  IH'4,  in  hi" 
eighly-tirsl  year.  Hii^self  a  medium,  he  had  great 
sympathy  with  "sensitives,"  niid  dispnvveil  the 
absurd  assertion  tliat  m.-'liumship  is  injurious  to 
health,  and  .shortens  lite.  The  gpo<1  he  did  lives  afieK 
he  hn*  '.'gone  home<"  r>  ^'  ■■  ■  -^   '        ■ 

Mrs.   M'    E.   Caoluiallader 

Mrs.  Cadwallader  is  pi-rbaps  one  of  the  best  known 
1  idy  workers  in  our  ranks.  She  has'bcen  especially 
active  in  the  work  of  the  N.  S.  \..  and  has  done  mucli 
1. 1  ward  its  pertnanency.  She  has  been  identitieil 
with  other'  societies  and  aided  in  other  org.ihiKrt- 
tions.  Hut  her  chief  aivomidislimenl  has  been  in  the 
publishinir  of  ".\ntii|uily  I'liveiled,"  stie  being  jmrt 
of  the  pul>lishing  cympany  which  brought  this  book' 
to  light.  Her  home  is  in  Philadelphia,  where  .1.  M. 
Uoberis  once  published  "  Mind  ami  Matter,"  the 
newspaper  in  which  the  fii-sf  niessages  of  the  afore- 
named bo<ik  appeared  Mix.  Cad  wallader  was  iilreml.v 
connected  with  this  paper  and  from  which  period 
her  prominence  in  the  cause,  began.  ^She  is  yet  a 
.  voung  woman,  tine  looking,  graceful,  tall  and  vcy 
intellii;i-ni,  earnest  and  peace  lovint;:  She. is  also  a 
good  speaker  and  has  been  heard^froin  many  a  rost- 
rum in  b-half  of  the  N  S.  .\i  Her  last  import. int 
move  has  been  a  visit  i  to  Kngland.  where  she  h;is 
done  some  work  for  thiseaiise  bvneticial  to  iill.  and  of 
which  the  readers  of  this  pap'  r  «ill  reap  iln-  benetit. 
Her  home  address  is  care  of  (tiiental  Publishing  Com- 
niany,  Philadelphia.  Pa. 


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Elliott  Coucs,  Scientist 


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Mrs.   C.   Cooper 


Mrs  Cooper  is  a  trance  and  test  midium  at  .\kron. 
Ohio.  Mr.'and  Mrs.  C  >oper  resided  in  Ivigland  pre- 
'  vious  to  IStill.  They  lived  in  a  house  that  <>nee  bc- 
longeil  to  King  Henry  VIII  In  this  spacious  house 
doors  would  open,  rips  would  be  neard;  Mrs.  Cooper's 
age  I  grandmother,  beinj;  an  invalid,  wiiiilil  be  cirried 
up  several  flights  of  stairs  li\  an  invisible  moior.  The 
house  would  be  lighted  .|ip  at  inidniglu.  and  the 
family  would  be  so  alarmed  that  tbev  would  tiee  for 
safety.  Spiritualism  was  unknown  to  them.  No  one 
would  reside  in  the  house  with  them  ;  these  gixxl  peo- 
ple decided  to  come  to  .\inerioa  and  thus  rid  them- 
selves ill"  this  obnoxious  txperience,  but  it  followed 
them  for  a  titne.  Finally  for  a  period  of  ten  years 
they  enjoyed  "peace."  After  a  time  Mrs  Cooper 
learned  of  Spiritualism  and  sat  for  development,  with 
the  usual  results.     She  ^as  a  medium   unbeknown  to 


herself. 


/ 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  ia  one  of  the  few  men 
who  have  become  famous  t>dth  in  physical  and  psych- 
ical science.  He  has  long  been  recog  ized  as  one  of 
the  leading  naturalists  of  America,  and  of  late  yearn 
has  ac(|nired  e<|nal  di.stinclion  as  a  philosopher.  Ilr. 
Coues  was  l>orn  in  Port>mouth,  N  H..  Sept  9.  IH42, 
and  is  the  son  oT^.iiiiuel  Klliot  Cones  and  Charlotte 
Have'n  Ijidd  Coues.  His  father  was  in  business  in 
early  lif;  with  Ichaboil  Goo<Iwin  t  afterward  goveVnor 
of  New  Hampshire',  and  laielf  the  author  of  several 
scientific  treatises  which  anticivated  some  oUthe  more 
modern  views  of  physics,  astronomy  and  geology  ;  so 
thitf  .voung  Coues  would  seem  to  have  inherited  his 
bent  of  miml  toward  study  and  research.  The  famil.v 
moved  to  Washington  in  IS.^1,  and  Ilr.  Coues  has 
alwaxsbeei'  a  resident  of  tliat  eitv.  excepting  during 
the  .\ears  he  serveil  in  the  west  and  south  :^s  an  army 
ortieer  or  engaged  in  scientitic  explorations.  As  a 
'boy  he  was  educiled  under  .lesuit  influences  at  the 
)  seminary  now  known  as  (JonzagacoUege.  -  In  1H.57  he  _J 
entered  a  Haptist  college  mow  Columbian  I'niver- ' 
isiiy  .  where  he  graduated  in  IStil  in  the  academic  de- 
partment, and  in  ISBS  in  the  iiiedica^department  of 
tliat  inst'tution.  To  the  degrees  of  .\.  H.,  A.  M.,  Ph. 
It.,  and  M.  D.,  conferred  hy  this  college,  his  riper  . 
scholarship  has  added  titles  enough  rt>  All  a  page 
from  learned  societies  jill  over  the  world.  PhoH 
Coues  has  been  nearly  all  his  life  a  collaborator  of  the 
Smithsonian  institution  of  Washington,  and  his  name 
is  most  frequentlv  mentioned  in  that  connection. 
Prof  S.  K.  Baird,  as  well  as  Profes.sors  Louis  Agassiz  ^^ 
ktv\  .I.osepli  Henry,  wis  ijuick  to  recognize  his  ability'^ 
In  earl.v  years,  and  h.v  invitation  of  the  former  Dr. 
Coues  had  long  had  an  -office  in  the  institution, 
tfi7)uch  without  pay.  During  the  years  that  he  was 
«1i  ardent  and  successful  collector  it)  the  Held,  his 
numberless  spec'mens  of  natural  histbr.v  were  pre- 
senleil  to  the  I'nited  States  goiernment,  and-  now, 
form  no  inconsiderable  part  of  the  material  for  study' 
in  the  NatiorTal  Museum,  of  which  many  other  n«i"r- 
alisls.  in  various  departments  of  zoolog.v.  have  been 
able  to  .-ivail  themselves.  Mjiny  of^these  specimens 
have  been  found  new  t^  science,  apd  several  h:'ve 
been  named  in. compliment  to  their  discoverer.  His  ^ 
scientitic  investigations  into  Spiritualism  brou.trht  « 
him  much  criticism,  but   t'e  lived  it  down,  and  stapds 


as  one  among  many  of  that  class  wh<)  tesiify  to  the 
truth  of  that  which  he  has  discovered. 


fllexanoler    Campt>ell  '' 

My  Campbell  is  known  as  one  of  the  celebrated 
Spiritualists  of  Campbell  Bros."  fame.  Besides  this 
wimderlul  phase  of  mediiimship,  he  obtains  slate 
writing,  and  holds  seances  for  eithei^.  of  the  above. 
In  coniunction  with  his  brother,  they  also  have  held 
seances  for  typewriting,  wonderfuF  results  accrning. 


IV    I 


•|  IV     I 


''     ,     Charles   Campbell 

Mr.  C.  Campbell  ikiIu- voiinn».'rl>n)thiT<iftlu-  famous 
Campbell  l,<rolluTs.  spirit  arlints.  slate  writing.  an<l 
typewritinjt  mediums.  Like  his- brother,  he  is  a  per- 
fect (««;ntleman  in  deportment,  ajiil  manifests  all  the 
traits  of  refitiemeni  an«J  respi'cyible  lineage.  j 

•   .  Mrs.    Maiiie    E.  Clemens  | 

The  subject  of  thissketeh  was  born  in  Clinum  eoiin- 
t.v.  Ohio,  ill  lH4rt.  .She  is  the  oldest  praetieinj;  nieilium 
in  .Columbus,  beiiiK  born  with  nie<liuniistio  tcifts,  and 
was  enrlv  developed  in  the  ilitt'erent  phases  of  medi- 
uniship.     The  most  (troininent  has  been  her  clairvox - 

^  ant  seeing:  and  healing  powers.  Man>  people  have 
been  relieved  of  pain  and  suH'erinj:.  and  placed  baek 
in  a  healthier  condition,  and  are  now  vnjo.xinj;  life 
■  ajid  the  blessinjts  of  health  in  this  city  »>'  ColuiHbus. 
Aside  tmni  healing  and  seeing  powers,  Mrs.  Clemens 
is  a  natural  psychic  and  an  excellent   trumpet  ineili- 

/■  uni.  In  fact,  she  lives  in  the  realm -of  spirit  and  has 
these  marvelous  j;ifts  so  naturally  develi>ped  that 
they  are  not  appreciateil  by  her  as  beinn  out  of  the 
ordinary,  or  as  her  many  frieiidsdo  who  are  ever  eajjer 
to  catch  the  sound  of  inspiration  and  hear  the  many 
consoling  words  that  are  >riven.  Havinjj  been  a  resi- 
■    dent  of  Columbus  nineteen  years,  she  is  well  and  fa- 

/  vorably  known  in  the  city  anil  surroundinj;  cotintry 
for  her  many  meiliuniistic  (jualities. 


,  W.    E.  Coleman 

\Vm.  Kmmette  Coleman  was  born  in  VirfjinM'  -'une 
19.  IMM.  In  1H.W,  at  sixteen,  he  became  converted  to 
Spiritualism  from  orthodoxy,  and  ever  since  he  has 
been  an  earnest  adv>c:ite.  with  pen  and  voice,  of 
rational,  scientific  Spiritualism  Throunh  his  Spirit- 
ual sm  he  became  in  deep  sympathy  with  woman's 
rijthts,  and  all  othwr  socioloRic  and  philanthropic  re- 
form-. .Mso  ibiounh  Spiritualism  he  became  an  evo- 
lutionist and  he  has  written  and  lectured  a  treat  deal 
on  evolution  ami  Darwinism  He  has  contributed 
hundreds  of  articles  to  ^lie  Spiritual  and  FreeTliouKht 
periodicals  of  .Xmerica  ;ind  Kuro|)e.  and  has  lecttired 
man.v  times  on  Spiriuialisni  He  is  very  critical  and 
analytical,  and  has  labored  to  put  Spiritu.ilism  and 
the  occult  on  a  scientific  basis,  free  from  fraud  and  de- 
lusion For  many  years  he  has  been  a  close  student 
of  Orientalism,  and  has  published  many  articles  on 
Hinduism,  Huddhism,  Kiiyptolofcy.  etc  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Ameiican  Oriental  '^oeiety.  Royal  .\siatie 
Society  of  (Jreat  Britain  :inl  Ireland,  I'ali  Text  Society, 
Ixindon  Society  for  Psychical  .Research,  Brooklyn 
Kthical  .\88ociat ion.  Library  As.sociation  of  Central 
California,  and  wius  a  member  of  the  .\dvisory  Coun- 
cils of  thQ  World's  Congress  of  J-"volutionist«  and  the 
I'svchic  Science  Congress  at  the  Chicago  World's 
Ka'ir.  in  1H93. 


-    Marlouu    Oavis 

Mr  I>avis  is  one  of  our  jKipular  physical  mediums, 
through  whom  many  have  ha<l  consoling  messages 
fniin  the  be>ond,  and  wht>  is  ever  active  in  the  good 
work  of  making  converts  to  Spiritualism. 

Miss    Silvia    E.   Oaniels 

Miss  haniels  is  a  trumpet,  niaterrali/.lng.  psycho 
metric,  anil  inspirational  medium.  Her  motto  is  to 
do  giMid  when  oppoittinitv  atf'ords  and  speak  kindly 
ofeve.ryone.      Her  home  is  in  \\aterh>o.  Ind. 

,  Charles    Sauobarn 

Mr  Dawbarn  is  a  well-known  contributor  to  the 
spiritual  press.  His  home  is  in  San  lA-andro,  Cal., 
wbeie  he  labors  in  the  spiritual  vineyard  and  other 
fields  of  leforiii.  He  is  a  veiioitile  writer  and  an  ad- 
vanced thinker,  and  frei|Uently  makes  Iniunds  which 
incite  antagonism,  but  only,  to  prove  himself  in  the 
right  after  a  year  or  tVo.  He  is  a  pioneer  among  the 
pioneers  and  thus  a  valuable  iici|uisition  to  oiir  ranks. 


Judge   f1.    H.    Dailey 


\ 


Judge  Dailey,  of  Brooklyn.  N.  Y.,  has  been  an  in- 
vtstig.ttor  lor  over  thirty  years,  and  was  always  an 
inlerestid  worker  in  the  cause  He  lias  been  instru- 
mental in  holding  the  forces  together  for  both  siK-iely 
and  camp  affairs,  and  was  latterly  presi<lent  of  the 
New  Kngland  Spiritualist  Canii>  Meeting  .Vssoci  ition. 
This  gentleman  was  once  .ludge  of  Probate,  but  is 
now  practicing  law' in  Brookljn.  He  is  also  nn  able 
writer,  being  author  of  The   Life  of  Mollie  Kancher. 

Mrs.    E.  d.    OeLmorest 

Mrs  Klizabclh  ,1.  DenioiestVif  Pittsburg.  Pa.  is  an 
earnest  and  conscientious  wiirter  in  the  field.  Her 
mediumship  was  inlieriteil.  bjnh  parents  being  medi- 
umistic.  Hut  not  until  .MrsyVolbx  Luther  enlighten- 
.ed  them  did  they  understand  it  practically.  Since 
then  she  has 'bi-en  ever  ready  to  serve  the  cause  by 
her  inspirations. 

Mrs.    Ella    L.    Oearborn 

This  widelv  known  medium  occupien  a  cKbiee  and 
honorable  niche  iii  the  temple  of  true  mediumship. 
Her  home  is  in  Brooklyn.  .N.  Y.  Mrs.  Her  born  was 
borii-a  medium,  the  hereditary  (|uality  coming  down 
thrf-ough  her  parents  and  grandprtrents,  the  former, 
howevec,  making  no  use  of  it.  Mrs.  Hearborn's 
psychic  gifts  began  to  find  expression  in  the  form  of 
prophecy  when  she  was  ten  years  of  age.  Her  fathvr 
was  an  abolitionist  and  identified  with  the  leaden*  of 
the  anti-slavery  movement  of  forty  years  ago.  On 
one  occ'asion  a  party  of  theni  were  discussing  the  sit- 
uation in  the  presence  of  the  child,  when  she  inter- 
rupted, in  a  very  earnest  manner,  as  follows:  "The 
slaves  will  all  be  free,  but  there  will  be  a  big  war  first. 


I  see  many  people  killed  and  dying,  and  the  ground 
is  red  with  blood."  Mi>.  Dearborn  is  a  woman  of  re- 
finement and  culture,  and  her  social  standing  has 
always  been  of  the  highest. 

Henry   C.    Ootrn 

Mr.  Henr>  C.  IH)ri>,  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  is  a  me<lium, 
exceptionally  gifted  in  impressional,  psychic  and 
magnetic  force.  He  is  an  able  lecturer,  and  also  a 
'most  successful  healer.  With  a  view  to  enlarging  his 
field  of  usefulness,  Mr.  Dorn  has  spent  considerable 
time  experimenting  in  solar  magnetics,  and  his  effort* 
have  proven  a  blessing  to  many  unfortunates.  In  1893 
he  organized  the  First  -Church  of  Spiritual  I'rogres- 
sion  at  Newark.  N.  .1.,  and  becanutits  president.  A 
thorough  liberatist  in  creed.  .Mr  iHjrn  has  welcomed 
to  this  church's  platform  men  and  women  of  inde- 
pendent views  and  broadening  thought. 

Rndreui  Jackson   Oavis 

Few  names  in  lour  ranks  touch  the  hearts  of  Spirit- 
ualists with  such  fervor  as  does  that  of  Andrew  Jack- 
son I>avis.  the  "  Seer  of  Pouglikeepsie."  Those  who 
have  r.  ail  his  "  Divine  Revelations  "  and  other  works 
can  not  but  regard  him  as  the  greatest  revelator  the 
world  has  ever  produced,  as  well  as  the  fathdr  irf 
Spiritualism.  He  began  when  a  boy  to  manifist  me- 
diumship, though  unknown  to  him  as  such.  But  in 
the  hands  of  projier  mesmerizers  he  revealed  knowl- 
edge which  was  marvelous  and  far  beyond  even  the 
capacity  of  his  operators.  Davis  himself  was  at  the 
time  but  an  ignonint  l)oy.  and  had  had  very  little 
si-hooling.  But  as  a  medium  he  was  instructed  ly 
higher  inliuence.  and  in  time  became  a  proliHc  and 
fluent  writer.  Besides  the  "(Jreat  Harmonia,"  of 
five  large  volumes,  he  wrote  many  others,  treating 
on  all  subjects  of  interest  to  humanity.  His  knowl- 
edge of  medicine  surprised  the  dix'tors  who  had  him 
undc^^mesmeric  control,  and  since  then  he  ha>-  liecome 
a  physician  himself  and  practices'  his  profession. 
His  home  is  in  Boston.  -  ' 

'  I 

Br.   G.   C.    B.    Eoiell 

J  ■ 
Dr.  Kwell  is  a  lecturer  of  Denver.  Colo.,  but  mo- 
mentarily  in    Leadville   locating   mines.      He   is  an 
active  worker  and  good. organizer. 

Eol^ar    W.    Emerson 

Mr.  Emerson  has  been  fre^juentlv  pronounced  the 
greatest  test  medium  of  the  age.  "fhere  is  no  dou>>t 
that  his  phyyhismxis  marvelous  and  through  which 
many  have  been  converted  to  Spiritualism.  He  has 
i>ccupied  nearly  every  rostrum  in  the  lapd  at  one 
time  or  another.     His  home  is  in  Manchester,  N.  H. 


/," 


'  d.    B.    Everett  .      • 

Mr.  Everett  is  :i  worker  lit  IMijuii,  O.  He  leetiii«s 
principally  on  Hilile  subjeets,  treiit inn*  them  from  , a 
spiritual  standpoint.  He  aims  to  reach  church  people 
and  brinK.thein  to  an  investi);ation  of  the  cluimH  of 
Spiritualism. 

Eal|ith    Evelyn    Eoliuarols 

Mi|b  Edwards  is  the  dau>;htcr  of  Mrs.  Carrie  l.v 
Bean^  of  Lincoln.  Xeb.  She  is  a  medium  for  inde- 
pendent voices,  trance  -and  inspirational  music,  and 
IS  becoming  a  useful  worker  to  the  cause. 

Oscar   R.    Edjerly 

Mr.  Kdfjerlv  is  a  po])ular  speaker  of  the  eastern 
states,  where  he  !•<  often  beard  b\  lovers  of  the  cause. 
His  themes  are  varied  and  always  instructive. 

Fred.    P.    Evans 

Mr.  Evans  was  born  in  IStii,  went  to  sea  in  his 
youth,  and  dcvelopeil  as  a  medium  in  marine  service. 
He  ih  a  slate  writer;  and  has  sal  with  I'rof.  \.  K.  Wal- 
lace, whose  testiin(>ny  he  owns.  He  has  been  abroad 
ami  held  seances  in  many  KiiKlish  cities  cast  and 
west.  Besides  I>I■(l(ilK•in^r  marvelous  phenomena  in 
pneumatroRrapiiv  be  has  developed  others  with 
donnent  powers  tor  the  same  phase.  ^  Hisjitiuic  is  in 
■  San  Francisco,  tlioui;h  is  often  away  un<fer  enjiatfe- 
mentM  elsewhere: 

Imojene   C.   Fales 

Mrs.  Falcs  is  the  tieneral  Secretary  of  the  .\nieri- 
can  Co-Operative  (nion,  lur  hcadc|Uarlers  beinfj  at 
IJensonhurst,  N.  Y.  She  is  also  an  able  speaker  on 
ethical  subjects. 

MVs.  C.   M.   Foisom 

Mrs.  Foisom  is  a  comparatively  new  medium  in  the 
fiehl,  but  none  the  less  worthy  in  that  she  has  already 
had  her  battle  with  the  courts  for  medial  rijrhts,  and 
won  her  case  much  to  the  ilisconitilure  of  her  raiders. 
■—•ir^'-Her  principal  feature  was  materialization,  but  lat- 
.  j'^  terly  she  has  been  developinj;  other  phases,  amonK 
them^tcst  and  inspirational  speaking. 

Col.  James    Freeman 

Col.  Freeman  is  the  I'resident  of  the  Mississippi 
Valley  Spiritualists'  Association.  He  is  an  ardent 
S])iritHalist  and  never  fails  to  defend  the  cause  when 
needed  and  to  use  his  influence  for  >;ood. 

Camilie    Fiammarion 

I  Fiammarion  ranks  as  one  of  the  leadinK  modern 

nslronomers  in   France.     He  is  a  prolific  author,  lind 
pos.sesse»  the  faculty  of  presenting  his  favorite  scie'nce 


in  a  "popular  and  attractive  manner.  He  has  been 
one  of  the  leading  suppofters  of  Spiritualism  in. 
France  for  many  years.  '1  houKli  he  has  not  published 
any  special  work  dealing  specially  with  Spiritualism, 
yet  many  of  his  books,  such  as  "The  I^Kt  Days  of 
a  I'hilosopher,"  "The  I'lancts  and  the  Heavens," 
"  The  I'lurality  of  Words,"  "  rrania,"  "Stella,"  in- 
corporate spiritual  philosophy  but  sli^fhtly  veiled. 
The  immortality  of  the  soul  ;  successive  lives  on  all 
the  worlds  of  tliv  universe,  eternal  evolution  ;  the 
continuous  development  of  wisdom,  justice,  love,  are 
the  leading  i<leas  of  bis  philosophv.  In  connection 
with  .\lfred  Kussel  Wallace,  F.  U.  S  ;  Sir  William 
Crookes,  of  Crookes  tube  fame  ;  I'rof.  Oliver  I.O(l){e, 
F.  K.  S,  I).  .Sc.  ;  I'rof  Wm.  James,  of  Harvard;  A. 
.\ksakow,  Itussian  imperial  councillor  ;  ElMott  Coues, 
professor  Smithsonian  Institute;  l<ord  Dunraven,  M. 
Sardou,  Lilian  Whitinjt.  I'lorence  Marryatt,  and  a 
score  of  other  notables,  however,  he  tills  a  niche  in 
the  nrand  ^:nlaxy  of  mental  giants  who  endorse 
Spiritualism.  M.  Fiammarion,  in  his  testitnony  of 
Sj^iritualism,  says:  "I  do  not  hesitate  to  athrm  my 
conviction,  based  on  pers*)nal  examination  of  the 
subject,  that  any  scientific  man  who  declares  the 
phenomena,  denominated  'magnetic,'  'somnambu- 
lic,' ■  mediumistic,' and  others  not  yet  explained  by 
science,  to  be  'impossible,'  is  one  who  speaks  with- 
out knowing  what  he  iVtalking  about." 

B.  O.    Floujer  ""- 

Mr.  Flower  is  one  of  the  I'haros  lights  along  the 
beleaguered  coast  of  human  progress  ;  a  man  whose 
(|ualilies  fit  him  to  be  target  for  the  worldjs  calumny. 
.\nd  tln-re  is  no  fate  more  enviable.  .Still. he  believes 
in  huni:>nit>.  This,  too,  is  a  part  of  his  fate.  William 
I.loyd  Ct'arrison  w'as  dragged  by  a  mob  through  the 
streets  of  Koston  with  a  rope  around  his  neck.  Hut 
he  believed  in  humanity,  and  to-day  his  statue  graces 
Coiiimonwealth  avenue  and  bis  spirit  permeates  the 
atl'airs  of  the  .\merican  people.  Mr.  Flower  is  best 
known  on  two  continents  b_\  his  work  as  former  edi- 
tor of  7'/i'  Anii'i.  He  undertook  to  niake'that  excel- 
U'nt  periotlicaT  a  piping  voice  f«>r  the  submerged 
ninety-five  percent-  ami  failed.  Hut  some  failures 
are  successes:  He  is  now  associated  with  Frederick 
I'pham  .\dams  in  the  editorial  management  of  Tin 
Ml  ir  'liiin ,  published  in  Chicago.  Mr.  Flower  is  a 
vigorous  and  prolific  writer,  his  principal  works,  aside 
from  his  editorship,  being  "The  Century,  of  Sir 
Thomas  More;"  ''Whiltier:  I'oet,  Seer  and  Man;" 
'(icralil  .Massey  :  I'oet,  I'rophet  and  Mystic;" 
"Lessons  Learned  From  Other  Lives;"  "  Civiliza- 
tion's Inferno,  or  Studies  in  the  Social  Cellar  ;"  "The 
New  Time  :  A  Plea  for  the  I'nion  of  the  Moral  Forces 
for  Practical  Progress."  Mr.  Flower  has  not  lost 
Bight  of  the  vital  bearing  which  a  knowledge  of  the 
future  life,  if  demonstrable,  must  necessarily  exer.t 
upon  humanity  here  on  earth,  and  he  has  given  much 
time  anil  earnest  consideration  to  this  master  chord 
of  human  |)rogress. 

'.     -     ■  .VI  ,.. 


_  ^'  T-  <**  Gournay 

Mr.  de  (iournay  is  best  known  as  a  favorite  con- 
tributor of  the  l.iijht  lit  'J'lUlli.  He  is  always  practicftl, 
clear  and  concise  and  never  fails  in  interest.  His 
writings  carry  the  stamp  of  an  educated  reasoner  and 
a  gentleman.  ' 

<l.  C.  F.  Crumbinc  ~ 

Mr.  (Srumhine  is  one  of  oufCmost  active  workem  at 
present.  He  was  lor  many  years  a  highly  respected 
I'nitarian  minister  at  (ieneseo.  111.  Being  free  from 
orthiMlox  bias,  he  had  the  courage  to  look  into  Spirit- 
ualism with  the  •nevpable  result  of  proper  investiga- 
tion. Seeing  more  truth  in  Spiritualism  than  in 
creedalism.  he  gradually  merged  into  the  former  and 
is  now  a  regular  speaker  in  our  ranks.  He  is  yet  a 
young  man,  and  highly  gifted  intellectually.  ^i» 
lectures  are  both  scientific  and  spiritual.  ..  '  ' 
.    —       •  '  >  •      . 

Dr.   ip.   S.  George  '   •     ■ 

I>r.  (^orge  is  a  medical,  magnetic  and  hydropathic 
therapeutist,  and  one  of  the   most  prominent  medi-v.  ' 
ums  now  before  the  public  for  the  curing  of  diseWiMtw  — ■ — 
without  the  use  of  drugs.     He  resides  in  Lincolii,  Neb. 

Rev.  d.   F.  Geotoles  r^ 

■' .      I 

Mr.  tieddes  has  been  for  years  the  Secretary  for  the'  • 
W.  r.  S.  A.  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  and  is,  withal  a  ' 
worker  in  the  cause  for  its  upbuilding. 

M.  O.  Centzke 

Mr.    fJetttzke   is   the   editor  uud    publisher  of  the 
Sfhi'iskii  Voiksl'hil'  •mil  AiliirtiKfi.  m  West  Point,  Neb. 
He  now  proposes  to  add  a  (Jerman  Sjiiritualist  weekly   . 
to  his  publications,     Mr.  (tcntz.ke  was  born  in  Berlin, 
(•ermany  ;  has  been  a  citizen  since  isyj,  and  a  pub- 
lisher since  lHH.i.     He  came  to  a  knowledge  of  Spirit-    "■ 
ualism'bv  me<liuniship  in  his  own  fainilv. 
I 

Capt.    E.  W.  Gould 

Captain  (Jould -was  formerly  a  Mississippi  river 
steamer  captain.  '.riirough  a  number  of  visits  to 
various  mediums  he  became  convinced  of  Spiritual-  ■ 
ism,  and  finally  beca^me  a  speaker  himself.  His  aiin 
has  always  been  for- organization,  and  advocated  it 
on  all  occasions.  ,^  T 

Hon.  fl.  Gaston 

Hon.  .\the1ston  (Jas^on  is  one  of  the  most  widely 
known  men  in  nprthwestern  P<  nnsylvania.  He  has 
served  his  city  —  Meadville  -successfully  as  milyor, 
and  his  business  interests  have  had  much  to  do  with 
the  sturdy  growth  of  the  town.  Mr.  (Jaston's  princi-  r 
pal  business  interests  is  in  lumber  and  timber.  His 
home  is  a  charming  spot,  and  his  as.sociations  ramify 
the  whole  of  the  cultured  domain  of  his  city.     Years     ,  j 


ago  Mr.  (iaston  bociimc  c'onvcrti-d  to  the  truths  of 
Sjiirittialisin,  and  for  s4  iiu|ulu-r  of  yi':ir>  \ms\  ho  li:is 
bi'cn  known  lo  thi-  Sj)iritiii>list>  ol  thi'  world  as  tht- 
I'roidcnt  of  the  L'i(s>adaj;a  Ijikc  Vrvv  Association, 
wli»s(.'l>t'aiitit'ur  grounds  at  kilv  Dale,  N.  V.,  ha\oa 
world-wide  t'aiiie  liider  Mr.  (iaiton's  untiring'  ener- 
gies, and  with  the  iiiil  of  the  fi^\v  eonneiiiaj  souls  as- 
sticiated  with  him,  this  I'aiuous  tanip^'round  has  at- 
tained its  present  in^iortance  as  an  vducali|)nal  center 
■  for  SpiritUiMisni. 

\  p-  R.    E.    Caslon  j 

Mr  .\rchie  K.  (iaston  is  the  nephew  .and  dose  liusi- 
nes.t  associate  of'JIon.  .\.  tiaston.  lie  is  a  liri^ht, 
ciVutious  >t>unK  i»an.  ami  Cora  numlier  of  \ears  has 
filled  acceptal>l,\  the  onerous  ollice  of  Secretary  of  the 
Cassada^a  Lake  Krec  .\ssociation.  His  picture  will 
he  reco);ni/.ed  ti>  diousand-  who  have  seen  him  at 
his  post  at  l.ilx    Pale. 

Mrs.'fl.    M.   CladinS 

>frs.  'Adeline  .M.  Cladinf;  wuh  liorn  in  Philadelphia, 
I'a.  Tntil  1S72  ^he  was  a  sjrict  communicant  nieni- 
her  of  the  I'rolesiaitl  Kpiscopal  Chinch.  \\  ahout 
that  time  the  truth  of  SpTritualism  came  to  her  in  her 
own  home,  where  sitting  pri\alel>  with  a  few  friends, 
weekly  for  a  whole  year  her  niediiimship  was  fully 
developed,  which  is  that,  of  total  trance.  Mrs.  (ilad- 
iiij;  is  also  a  tine  clairvoyant  clairaudieiit  and  psych- 
omelrisi,  and  aiming;  her  many  other  mediumistic 
H't''' i'*  that  of  ••  Miriiir  writing."  the  peculiarity  of 
which  is  that  it  is  written  upwanls.  hackwards  and 
reversed,  heninnin;;  at  the  hotloin  of  tile  J»aj;e  and 
Snishihuat  the  to)!,  ami  to  he  read  must  be  held  he- 
fore  a  mirror,  or  read  fiMlii  tlie  opposite  side  iif  the 
paper  hy  holding  it  hefi>re  a  stronj;  li>:ht.  Her  repu- 
tation as  a  speaker  and  t'  st  me<lium  is  too  well  know  ii 
to  he  mentioned  here,  having  sp<iken  in  allThe  prin- 
cipal cities  in  the  liiiled  .St  ,tes  and  Canadian  Prov- 
inces, also  a'  the  principal  camp  meetings.  Her 
lectures-afe  alwaxs  supplemented  l>>  platform  lest- 
and  automatic  writinj;.  Her  ser\  ices  are  in  conslatit 
demand  hy  the  ditl'erent  Spiritual  societies  through- 
out the  I'nion.  Her  home  is  in  Hoy  lestow  n.  Itucks 
County,  I'a. 

Marjarel   Caule  { 

.Xiuonn  the  successful  and  truly  jjrcat  mediums  who 
have  >;raced  the  -|)iriiual  rostrum  during  the  past 
deca<le,  the  lady  who^e  name  stands  at  tlic  head  of 
this  hit  of  writintr  intisl  he  counted.  M  ijruie  tiaule, 
as  she  is  familiarly  known  all  over  the  east  and  mid- 
dle west,  is  one  of  the  (vv,-  who  have  carried  the  true 
blessedness  of  S]>iritualtMU  to  myriads  tif  despairing, 
doubting  ones  who  had  not,  until  her  marvelous 
powers  touched  them,  a  ray  of  lijjht  from  beyomi  the 
black  shadows  of  death's  nij;ht.  I'ntoM  nood  has 
been  accomplishetl  hy  and  through  her  niediumship, 
anil  she  stands  to-day  where  she  has  stood  for  more 
than  ton  voars,  since  the  writer  knew  her,  in  the 
.    ■  ■  1  ■ . 


'  front  rank  of  .Kmerioa's  platform. mediums,  and  with- 
out a  sinjrie  smirch  upon  her  wcirk.'    Mts.s  (Jaule  Wjis 

•  reared  a  Itoman  Catholic.and  her  brinnin«  forth  ilWo 
the  gospel  and  minislration  of  Spiritualism  as  one  of 
its  host  instruments  is  as  romantic  as  i.t  is  sigpiticant, 
and  when  her  biography  shall  be  wxitlen,  Spiritual- 
i»ts  \ot  unborn  will  read  of  one  of  the  marvels  of 
spirit,  power  in  these  Into  days  of  docayinK  roliKious 
tliouKht.  Like  all  others  who  are  true  to  Spiritual- 
ism, she  ha»  sacriticed  much  and  has  suH'ered.  Hut 
in  the  Kfoat  coinpon»atory  law  they  all  find  their 
reward. 

Mrs.  lizzie    Kelly    Martman 

■Mrs.  Hartman  is  a  lady  whose  prophecies  have  so 
far  been  publisheil  in  this  jiaper.  anil  most  f.Kn- 
orally  fultilled  in'  accordance  with  her  i)owors  of 
ponetfatinn  the  causes  upon  us 


■Y- 


^Vill.   C.    Hodge 


Mr.  Hodjtv  was  most  popularly  known  as  the  .'sec- 
retary of  the  Mississippi  Valley  Campmeetinn  .Asso- 
ciation. But  having  recently  resigned  to  "take  the 
lecture  tield.  our  readers  niAy  become  nearet  ac- 
■  |uail\ted  with  him  by  his  present  spiritual  ministru' 
tions.  —  • 

Max    Hotfrn.an 

Mr.  Hcitlman  is  a  slate  writer  and   test   medium  of 
Chicago,  111.,  and  a  youu);  man  of  worth  and  a1>ility    -' 
highly   ap]ireciated   by   his  friends.      He  was  latterl-y 
elected   President   of  the    Marslialltown,  Iowa,  Canip- 
ineetin>r  .Association. 


Eugene    Henyoo 


fldat)    Sheenan  Herman 


This  lady  is  an  ardent  worker  in  the  cause,  a  KOO<I 
speaker  and  psychometrist.  She  combines  the  spirit- 
ual with  the  material  in  a  manner  acceptable  to  all 
invosti(;atiir--  ?>he  has  done  a  jrreat  work  for  the 
cause. 

t>T.    Mary    ft.    Hutchinson 

Mrs.  Hulcheson  is  a  magnetic  healer,  clairvoyant 
aiid  ps\chometrist.  Her  home  is  at  "JtHI)  Lyon  street, 
<...:....'>:.. 1. 1    \i.. 


Sprinntield,  Mo. 


Waller    D.    S.    Hayujard. 

Mr  Hayward  was  born  in  Kasi  New  York,  .lanuary 
i:{,  IhTl.  Ho  is  an  cnnineer  by  trade,  but  by  nature  li 
clairvoyant    and   clairaudient    medium.     Since  prac- 


VII 


L 


-ticioK  it  he  has  become  a  trnnae  medium.  He  is  now 
a  regular  laborer  in  the  field  of  Spiritualism  and 
en.joys  a  jjood  reputation.     His  homo  is  in  Brooklyn, 

Lyman   C.'Moioe 

The  subject  wivose  portrait  greets  the  eve  of  the 
rvader.,on  taking  up  this  vVlbim  is  one  of  the  best 
men  Spiritualism  will  have  to  rooorxl  in  its  history. 
Few  moil  have  inherited  such  universal  regard  by  a 
people  as  Mr.  Howe  has,  and  few  haTr^leen  more 
dovotcil  to  the  cause  they  espouse.  'Honesty  is 
branded  on  his  countenance  ;  truth  is  sensed  in  his 
influence,  and  love  is  the  motive  power  which  f;t>><)es 
Tiim.  The  clairvoyant  eye  eiiW  not  but  he  awe-struck 
by  a  ({'i'np-"'o  of  his  spiritual  surroundings.  Whea 
Mr.  Howe  leaves  this  earthly  sphere  his  reward  will  , 
be  compatible  "^ith  his  life  here  —  glorious  and 
rospleiidenl.\ 

dotin    Hazelrigg 

.Tohn  Hazelrigg  is  an  cs.sjiyist,  newspaper  corres- 
pondent and  psychic. 

,  Mrs.    Mattic    Hull 

/Mrs.  Mattie  Hull  is  the  Ipving  companion  of  Moses 
/Hull,  and  is  also  somewhat  of  a  veteran  in  the  good 
cause.  She  is  an  interesting  lecturer  and  essayist, 
havinK  done  editorial  iwork  on  various  magazines, 
published  a  number  of  books  and  is  an  all-around 
iiteraVy  woman. 

.    Moses   Hull 

Mr.  Hiill  is  a  convert  from  the  Seventh  Ihiy  Advcnt- 
ists'  pulpil.  During  his  ministrations  to  these  good 
brethren  he  was  conscious  of  a  higher  inspiratiotl, 
with  the  usual  result  higher  light  -and  like  «n 
honest  man,  ho  proclaimed  the  truth,  regardless  of 
hjs  salary.  But  few  have  emulated  him,  and  none 
can  measure  steel  with  him  withirtit  retiring  with  a 
broken  hmce.  What  Moses  Hull  doesn't  know  about 
the  Bible  is  not  worth  knowing,  and  thus  his  potency 
against  others  of  the  cloth 

0.    H.    Herrick 

Mr.  Herrick,  of  .A-kron,  O.,  is  a  well-known  phe- 
nomenal medium,  mostly  tnivcling  by  pro-engnge- 
nu-nts  or  as  ho  is  moved  by  the  spirit.  His  seances 
are  always  interesting  and  comforting. 

.   S.    Hartman 

Mr.  Hartma:  is  a  native  of  Switzerland  ;  is  a  local 
lecturer  on  Spiritualism,  having  ( mbraced  the  hew 
religion  and  the  science  of  spirit  intercourse  in  1868. 
He  at  various  periods  has  been  instrumental  iti 
establishing  spiritual  societies  in  Wheeling.  W.  Va., 
where  ho  resides.  Ho  has  been  an  earnest  and  active 
supporter  of  the  cause,  by  encouraging  the  press  and 


our  teachers  and  mediums.  In  his  posMcssion  niuv  W 
found  a  large  numbor  and  variety  of  spiritual  papers. 
runivinK  back  to  ISHK.  He  is  ijlso  a  trance  speaker 
and  rapping  medium. 

0r.    Theodore    Hansnnann       -    ■ 

Dr.  Hansmann  is  an  old  Spiritualist  ofWashinjiton. 
I>.  C,  and  welt  known  as  a  pliilantliro)iic  soul,  u'liose 
lu-arl  is  in  the  cause.  l>r.  Hansmann  is  a  qujel 
■  worVer.  but  effective  in  a  wav  that  counts.  Hv  is  a 
ftrcat  friend  to  mediums  and  has  had  larjre  phe- 
nomenal experience  at  their  seances.  His  best  suc- 
cesses however.  liMVe  been  with  sjiiril  pholoKraphv. 
of  which  he  ]>ossesses  a  lar^e  collection.  lie  i-^  a 
(tcrman  b_v  liirth.  a  rcjiular  physician,  and  well  read 
in  many  ways. 

Or.    C.    W.    Midden 

Dr.  Hidden,  of  Nc«  buryporl.  Mass.,  was  designed 
for  the  ministry,  but  in  bis  initial  crusade  lijt.iinst 
iMtempei;;iiice  he  becatne  inspired  and  disi'overed  ihat 
hi^lher  truths  that)  orlliodi)\  teachinns  were  Hndihg 
their  way  to  his  mentalilx.  'fliese  took  root  and 
opened  the  way  to  Spiiitualism  when  presciited  Jo 
h  in  twelve  years  ago,  though  skeptical  in  the  phe- 
n  •niena.  Hut  bcinj:  a  medium  himself  be  was  soon 
i[  the  position  to  convert  others.  His  niediuniship 
resulted  in  magnetic  i.ealinjr.  but  he  lias  taken  a 
regular  nieilical  cour.se  in  couuectioii  with  it,  and  is 
now  :i»)#nictitioner. 

I 

Prof.  -Robert    Hare 

a 

Mr.  Hare  was  b  irn  in  IMnl:i(lel)ihia.  January  IT. 
ITsl.  died  at  Philadelphia.  .Ma\  b'>  ls.')S.  He  was  a 
chemist  and  professor  of  chcmisiix  in  the  tnedical 
department  of  the  Pennsylvania  I'liiv.  rsity  from  IHIS 
to  IH4T.  In  1S1«  he  wrote  'Cheniical  .\|  paritus  an<l 
M:tni)>ubition."  and  other  works.  In  th''  but  r  parj 
of  his  Mfc,  when  freeil  from  cires.  he  inv  stigated 
SpiritualisM)  scientifically,  and  reporlcil  them  in 
newspaper  articles  anil  pamphlet  form,  most  of  which 
is  now  out  of  print.  Hut  the  records  exist  variously 
of  his  acceptance  of  lh<j  spiritual  phenomena,  and 
thus  lielonKK  to  the  category  of  scientists  in  our  ranks. 

I9ev.  d.    Ps^e    Hopps 

Rev.  .1  Page  Hopps,  whose  portrait  we  bring  in 
this  album,  is  a  disciple  fiotn  the  Knglish  church,  con- 
verted to  Spiritualism  (|uite  a  number  of  yean>  ago  in 
London,  where  he  is  still  active  in  the  cause.  Mr., 
Hopps  IS  a  man  of  broad,  liberal  mind,  and  true  to 
his  convii'tions.  He  has  been  the  means  of  opening 
the  way  for  manv  of  the  church  to  enter  Spiritualism., 
and  his  never  failed  t'  make  his  reasons  clear  to 
th'ise  who  ((Uestioned  him  as  to  his  change  of  heart. 
As  H  mm  he  is  upright.'  honest  and  truthful  ;  as  a 
speaker  graceful,  ettective  and  interestinf;.     He  nliio 


wields  a  good  pen.  which  he  has  used  freely  in  de- 
fense of  the  cause  he  espousesT  and  never  retreats 
when  dnt>  calls  him  to  the  f<)re.  IIi>-i<(Tdress  is  Oak 
Tree  House,  Soiilli  N'liwood  Hill.  I.<<ndon,  S,  K. 

Mrs.    E.    S.    Hibbilts 

Mrs    Ilibbiit-.  the  indepeiulent   trumpet  nieiliiini  of 
MiiMcie.  Ind  .,  was  born  and   raisOd    in   Cincinnati.  (( 
When  she   was  i|uite  \oung  manifestations  occurred 
ill    her  honie.      In    a    few     >ears    at'terwaril    she    com- 
menced, to  sit    for  development     which    she  kept   iip^ 
unite  steady  f'orseien   years       Her  control.  Dr.  W.  S 
Sharp,  was  with   ber  five  years  belore  she  knew  who 
be    was.      His    earth    home    was   in    Kvansville.    Iinl  . 
;inil   her  first   trip  from   Iriiie    to  give  seances  was  in 
his  n  itive  eit>,  and   s'nc-  then  she  has  been  in  niat'y 
places       Within    thi'    la-t    five    years     and    since    her 
marriage  to  Major  \V.  Ilibbiis  tiiey  have  ti-.iveled  ex-' 
tensively.  never  going  except  by  invitation. 

■     D.    W.    Mull 

D.  W.  Hull  WIS  born  in  Delawaie  County  Ohio. 
.\pril  Hi  Iv'tt  He  was  niscd  in  the  w.Midsiii  Indi- 
ana, gradiialeil  in  a  log  schotd  hoiis.-;  becalm-  relir- 
ioiis  at  eighteen,  uniting  ^Tnii  the  I'nited  Hiethreii 
Church  :  soon  withdrew  anil  united  with  the  .\dvent- 
ists.  and  in  IS.'>»  biciime  a  Seveiuli-day  .\dventist, 
and  Jireachi'd  occasional^  for  ibem  till  he  became 
a  SpiritiMlist  in  .lune.  IsHs  In  making  the  transi- 
tion h  •  siirt'ered  a  tirlure  of  min  J  s  great  as  that  <le- 
scribed  by  Mrs.  Humphrey  Ward  in  "■  Holiert  Kls- 
mere.".  In  :i  short  time  he  took  the  lecture  field  and  . 
lectun  <jljiearl\  every  Sunday,  and  more  ihan  half  of 
•  the  wei'lj  .day  evenings  till  the  fall  of  IHTIJ.  «  ben.  his 
voice  gi»jiig^oiit,  he  went  into  the  Ki'forni  publishing 
business.  He  is  now  publishing  a  poljticirl  reform, 
paper,  but  wants  to  get  out  of  the  publishing  business 
and  take  the  field  again,  as  he  has  numeroas  calls  in 
that  direction.  He  is  naturally  a  religiously  dispo-eil 
person  very  tender  of  theTcelings  of  othiis.  and 
wishes  to  see  Spiritualism  lake  a  lofiy  ]H>sition.  but 
not  a  siinctimonioHs  one.  where  biiniaiiitv  may  be 
ele>:ite/il  by  it.  II'-  is  »  brother  of  Moses  Hull.  His 
addr  ssi  is  Norton,  Kan. 

dudjlc   fl.    Maromond 

Judge  Hamniond.  of  Mot  .Springs.  .\rk..  is  a  pioneer 
in  our  cause,  and  an  anli  iii  vtudenl  of  oo-nll  idienoin- 
ena. .  His  investigaiu-g  iiiiii  of  mind  mad'  bini  :i, 
good  subject  for  looking  b.  »i>rd  ■  tfec's.  .\  mind' 
trained  to  weigh  evidence  i«  tb<-  prope-  one  to  in- 
vestigate Ibe  occult,  and  .hidi;e  II  ninio<  d  h;i.  done 
il  Well.  The  unwritten  law  is  tbe  naiiiril  Mi|iieiU'e 
of  the  written  the  unseen  the  one  bevond  the  seen 
—and  he  who  is  proficient  in  the  one  is  rcaily  to  tiiUe 
up  the  study  of  the  other.  Our  friend  covers'  the 
analogue. 


I 


Mrs.  .0.r.    Hilligoss 


This  ladpi-  is  an  inspirational  speaker,  a  (ierman  by 
birth,  and  was  born  in  Frankfort  on-the  Main.  Her 
father  was  a  (Jermah  count,  and  an  artist  of  superior' 
merit.  w4i(t  w. is  disinherited  because  he  married  below 
his  station,  baying  marrieil  a  pure,  sweet  girl  who 
was  a  seamstress  in  the  Hotlischild  family.  He 
nioveil  to  .Xmi-rica  when  Mrs  H.  was  a  chiki  four 
years  of  age.  Tw-o  years  afterward  her  father  died, 
leavini;  ilie  familv  in  indigent  circumstances.  She 
was  I  hen  adopt  eil  bx  Christopher  Coftin.  Ksq.,  a 
we  •Ithy  cili/.en  of  Madison,  Ind  .  who  gave  her  a 
firti'shed  education.  She  took  a  poiiition  in  the  city- 
schools  as  a  teachvr.  where,  by  assiduity,  she  soon 
worked  her  way  to  the  priiicipalship  of  the  Third 
\V  anl  school,  a  positn'ii  she  held  for  six  yiars.  up  to 
the  time  of  her  marriage.  .\t  the  age  of  twenty-five 
she  was  married  to  Dr.  (J.  N.  Ililligoss  of  .\ndersoD. 
Ind.,  and  moved  to  that  city,  where  they  still  reside 
She  is  tifiytwi)  years. old  and  tbe  mother  of  three 
■l-hildren,  all  in  the  s|iiril  life.  She  is  the  founder  of 
the  Madison  .\v«-niie  Tepiple  of  .Anderson.  Ind.  Hav- 
ing sveii-tlie  buibling  dairvoy  anily.  she  niid  it  con - 
structeil  on  the  plan  givi  n  by  her  guides  She  donateil 
the  valuiMe  lot  on  whicb  the  temple  stands,  the 
organ,  the  clock,  :ind  sexeial  hundred-  dolJars  in 
money,  arid  the"  went  upon  the  streets  soliciting  aid 
ami  wa'ked  for  tliree  years  until  the  work  was  ac- 
coiniilisbed.  She  was  ordaiirtit  in  this  temple  by 
Cora  I..  V.  Uichniond.  Oct  .S.  isstt  .Vfter  her  orriina" 
t1oii  sli>-  was  chosen  anil  served  as  its  |iastor  for  one 
>eai.  when  her  guidis  advised  her  to  take  the  open 
field.  Since  that  time  slo-  has  successfully  servid  ii. 
Ibe  soeieii«  s  of  .\li  xanilria,  Marion  Fort  Wayne  and 
Kvansville.  Ind.,  and  Louisville.  Kx..  and  was  last 
fillinir  an  eighteen  months"  engagcn\^'nt  as  pastor  of 
the  F'irst  Spiritual  church  of  New  Orleans  La. 


Victor    Hugo   on    Sp 


Mt-ilUalltsm 


The  announcement  that  Victorien  Sardou  had  writ- 
ten a  play  called  "  Spiiitisme  "  and  boldly  declares  . 
hisTielii  f  in  Spiritualism  has  bci-n  the  means  of  re- 
calling ilie  position  tak<n  on  the  su!>iect  liy  another 
great  Frenchman.  Victor  Hugo.  The  latter's  belief 
in  occult  powei-s  was  nexer  any  secret  with  liim,  and 
can  be  found  in  many  of  his  xxiiiings  F"urtJier«nd 
more  complete  statemenis  of  the  iiiH't's  oxperici^cea 
'  are  to  be  found  in  his  memoirs.  "  Journal  of  My  Kx-*^ 
ile."  edited  by  his  dauchter.  Mile.  .Vdele  Hueo,  isthc 
title  of  the  x\orl-.  Of  his  early  experiences,  datinf; 
bijek  as  fir  as  March,  ISf-J  the  poet  writes:  "Jersey 
is  an  islanil  full  of  legends.  Ther"  is  not  a  rock,  not 
an  olil  ruin,  which  is  not  siipposeil  to  be  bauhted. 
One  night  about  three  months  ago  a  young  working- 
man  w  IS  going  towanl  the  Chui*h  Sainte-Sue.  Sud- 
denly he  saw  at  the  end  of  rhe.rfad  a  white  and  mo- 
tio-  Uss  figure.  It  se  nu-d.  indeed  one  mass  of  white 
H:inie.  The  workingmaii  sioppni  a  moment  terrified, 
Then,  making  a  violent  elforu  he  dashed  ahead  and 


so  inn  piist  thf^tlstmin^;  white  spictre.     "This  ajijiiri- 
tion  iippiMroil  scvi-ral  timi>  afliTwiml.  and  tiiiallj  l)f- 
iMinc  kiiiiwii  iis  tlie  Whitf   Ijuly.     Thi-  first  time  I'liv 
f'alhiT    heard    of    the    workiiiKniiiti's   adventure    h.- 
smiled.      Yet,  strange  to  sa_\\he  lie^an  to  hear  strange 
sounds  in  his  l>edrooni  e\  kA' nipht.     Atone  time  his 
j)itj)ers  wouhl   rustle.    IhouKh   there  uas  no   wind  ;  at 
another  time  s^me  one  would   he  heard   knoelcin);  at 
his  wall.      .Mv   hrolhers,  who  slept    in    the  adjoining 
rooms,  heard  the  sann-  noises.     <»thep  miners  eijually 
strunj:e  also  happened.     On   «he    evening  when  Ta-. 
jieur.  the  ineendiar< , died',  n\\  mother,  after  loekiuK 
her  heilroom    door,   went   to  l>ed,   I'orjfettihn  to    Mow 
out  the  liKlil.      The  nij:ht   was  ver>    ealm  and  there 
was  not  the  least  hreath  ol'air.      Yet  when  my  mother 
awoke  the  room  was  dark.     The  candle,  ihoiijfli    not 
consumed,  had  been  exiinKuished.     Hv   whon>'.'     (hi 
February  2'2.  m^  father  came  home  at  11  p.  m.,  ami  as 
he  passed  through   the  room  faein||»  the  street  he  no- 
ticed that  the  wjjidows  were  )|uite  dark.      Yet   when 
my  two  brothers  came  home  at  'J  a.   m.   the  wiiulows 
were  abla/.e  with  lintit.     Yestenlax    eveninj:  Charlts 
was  amusing;  himself  b\  trying  to  make  a  table  talk. 
First  he  said  t-o  the  spirit  who  was  present  :   '  What  is 
your    name '.' '     The   spirit   or  ^host    replied    that    its 
name  was  the  White  I.aily,  a|id  that  it  could  not  talk 
,'  to  any  one    except   in  the  street  and  at  .t  a.  m       My 
father  came  in  Just  then.  ajid.  heinn  informed  of  the 
hour    tixeil   for  the  interview,  he    concludeil    that   he» 
would  he  inort;  comfortable  in  bed  tlian  chatting;  »  vtli 
R   jrhost  III    the   deserted    street   at   that   hour    in  the 
morning.     We   all  decide<l    to  do   the  same,  and   «e 
went  to  bedand  were  soon  all  sleepinj:  soundly  except 
my  father,  who  was  workiiifr  in  beil,  as  was  his  occa- 
sional custom.      Su<ldenl\  he  heanl  a  l>ell;riii^  lou<ll\. 
and  at  once  he  renieinbercd  the  White  Jjidv-anjil  |he 
rende/.voils  "      Touchinj;  u^)on   other  manifestations. 
Hu^o  wixite  to   Mme    (Jerardin   in    l^iTS  :'■' Tables  in- 
deed tell-us  surpri-intr   thin>;s.     We  are  livinjs4c  " 
ni>sterious  horizon;  the  tables  commaml   us  to  keep 
silence  and  not  todi\ul|;e  any  t.ecret       Yo>:  will   find 
-  then,  in  the    'Contemplations'    nothing  which  comes 
from   the  tables;   with    the    except-ion  of  two  details. 
They  arc  ver\  i'lnportant,  and  I  have  asked  permission 
to  use  them."      Iln^o  took  a  curious  view  of  manv  of 
the^e   su|  raiuundane    phenomena',    as   the    tollowiu); 
note    from    the    manii^ciipt    of    the    "  I.c)ren<Ks   dcs 
Siecles."      "  I  ha\e  taken  part   several  times  recentlx 
in  what   is  known  as  the  phenomenon  of  th'e  antiijue 
tripod.      .\    table    with   three  lens   ilictiHts    verses  by 
means  of  raps,  and  strophes  come  fortli  out  of  shad- 
ow.     I    need    hardl\    say    (hat    1    have    never    placed 
anion);  my  own  poems  an>    of  the  verses  that  have 
come  to  me  in  this  mysterious  fashion.     These  latter 
I  have   alwa>s  reli>;iousl\    allowed   to  remain   in  the 
possession  of  the  (Jreat   I'nknown,  Who  is  their  sole 
author."     Speaking  of  the  aid  which  spirits  give  in 
the  stru>JKles  of  our  external  life>  Hugo  was  ei|ually 
curious  in  the  position  he  assumed.     He  sjiys  :   "  The 
exterior  manifestations   of  the    Invisible   are  a  fact, 
and    the  interior  creations  of  thought   ure  iinothor. 


The_>rfll  which  separates  these  two  facts  should  be 
maintaineil  in  the  interest  of  observation  and  of 
science.  No  breach  should  be  made  in  it.  Hy  the  side 
of  .sc-ience,  which  >;uards  it<  stands  also  reli);ion.  the 
j;reat.  the  true,  which  forUids  us  to  tamper  with  it. 
I  repeat,  t^ien.  tluit  I  have  isolatiM  tnysclf  in  this 
matter  as  much  through  m_\  relijfiousWonseience  as 
through  my  literary  conscience,  and  als^)  thrivugh  m> 
respect  for,  the  phenomenon  itself,  having  made  it 
my  law  to  admit  no  such  outside  infiuence  intoihc 
sphere  of  my  iiispiration.  and  wisliin^  to  keep  my, 
work  absolutely  my  own  and  pei>onal."  UuKo-ft>re- 
shadowed  Sardou  many  \  ears  in  the  o]>inion  that 
.'^pilitualisln  ounht  to  be  j)ortra>eil  on  tl»^- stajre.  To 
.\utenor  .lol.\ ,  in  IS.'N.  he  su);>rested  the  idea  of  estab- 
lishing the  plan,  but  it  was  never  carried  out,  "owinj; 
to  the  piKlieadedness  ot  the  directors." 

"  Will^rd    J.    Hull 

Willard  J.  Hull-  is  a  well-known  lecturer  and 
writer  ill  the  ranks  of  Spii  itiuUisni  as  well  as  other 
tiehls  of  reform.  Mr.  HiiM  is  still  a  younj;  m.in,  com- 
paratively speaking.  tliou);li  mature  iiwniind  and 
spirit,  to  .iudj;c  by  his  absolut-ely  profound  lectures. 
Few  can  cope  with  him  in  orij:inalit>  of  ihouf'ht  and 
expression,  and  those  who  know  how  to  appreciate 
him  feel  the  power  of  his  loj;ic  when  listening  to  his 
utterances  from  the  rostrum.  Sympathy  is  a  >;re'!it 
•  revelator  to  both  a  speaker  and  an  audience.  Mr. 
Hull's  sx  inpalhy.  for  the  cause  he  espouses  invites  a 
wonderful  How  of  inspiration,  and  the  audience  who 
can  syni|>alhize  with  him.  <)r  any  speaker,  inherits  an 
underslandinn  for  the  time  bein^r  that  is  beneficial. 
Mr  Hull  niu^t  be  understood  to  be  :ippreciated.  and 
to  know  the  sacriticeshe  hasmadeto  Income  one  vxith 
this  uiox  cmelit  i»  to  s\  mpathi/.e  with  him.  In'asso- 
ciation  with  Mr.  .\.  K.  Melcliers.  his  work  as  editor  of 
the  I. mill  <<'  'liiiih  is  >een[  in  the  present  excellence  of 
ihiit  journal.  Dulside  of  bis  role  as  a  spe\»ker.  Mr. 
Hull!  is  u  ijuiet  and  reserved  man;  seliloii't  speaks 
witlMiut  beinn  addris-.i-.l  and  ri/rel.\  to  find.fanlt  with 
his' fellow  man.  whatever  rea-ons  max  exist  therefor. 
He  combat*  XX  lull).:,  not  the  xvron>;dotr.  He  is  elo- 
i|ux'nt  in  speech,  and  throws  out  an  infiuence  at  lim^-s 
that    is  animating  and  healthful  to  the  hearer. 

T.    H.    B.  (James  .  j 

Mr.  .lames  is  an  ardent  worker  of  I.ynn.  Mass.  He 
has  been  in  the  field  for  forty  xears  and  is  as  /^'alous 
as  ever.  He  alxxaxs  clinics  a  Lnjlil  m  I ritttt' in  his 
pocket  ready  to  hand  to  a  hungry  soul  in  search  of 
liKlit  concerning  the  future  life.  ,   _ 

dennie    Hajan  Jackson 

Mrs.  .lackson  in  one  of  our  most  pleasing  lecturers. 
She  has  been  a  medium  since  her  twelfth  vear,  and 
has  l)een  in  the  field  about  twenty  years.  Her  strong 
fenture  in  improvisution  from  >ubjt<cts  given  by  the 

viv  ... 


aiidience.  which  she  w  eaves  into  poems,  l>oth  metrical 
and  sentimental.  She  is  also  a  loveuhle  character,  and 
generally  popular  wherever  she  serves  the  cause. 

d.  W.    Knight.  _ 

l>f  (Jrand  Haveii.  Mich.,  (s  now  seventy-one  years  of 
age.  In  e.arly  life  he  wa's  an  ardent  worker  in  the 
abolition  ranks  ami  has  all  his  life  atfiliated'  with  the 
reform  elements  of  the  cwintry.  Four  years  aeri  he 
became  interested  in  and  an  investigator  of  Spiritual- 
ism, and  organized  the  James  Harris  Spirituiil  Asso- 
ciation of  .\gnew.  Mich.,  an<l  for  three  years  served 
MS  its  president.  \ 

Mts.  flsa   Wilson   Kaynor 

Mrs.  Kaynor  is  the  daughter  of  K.  V.  Wilson,  the 
pioneer  worker,  in  our  cause.  She  .is  a  well-known  - 
business  and  test  medium,  her  hom|e  address  being 
'S7.'l«  .S<)uth  Wood  street,  Chicago,  111.  'She  also  attends 
calls  for  funerals  and  marriages.  -  Her  chief  phase  of 
mediumsHip  is  whatsis  caltgfr  the  "  fire  test."  When 
under  control  she  bec^Miiesi  posiHve  to\the  action  of 
heat,  anil  not  onlyjdiiys  wiih  fire,  but  can  so  environ 
other  light  siibstaiices  with  her  magnetic  emanations 
that  they  refuse  to.burn.  -  _ 

^  Or.   fl.   fl.    Kimball 

Pr.  \.  \.  Kimball,  of  Northampton,  Mass.,  was 
born  in  West  Haven.  Vt.,  of  .Methodists  parents,  to 
which  faith  he  was<levoted  for  many  years  Though 
he  could  never  reconcile  a  (Jod  of  perfection  and  love 
xvith  one  of  jealousy,  hatred  and  wrong,  finally  be- 
i-oniing  strongly  impressed  with  materialistic  views 
until  through  the  mediumshipof  Mrs.  I.efa  Drake  he 
was  conviiiced  of  the  continuity  of  life  and  spirit 
return,  Itcing  a  close  investigator  he  soon  found 
hinisell  possessed  of  strong  magnetic  powers  and  en- 
tered the  fielil  as  a  healer  and  specialist  in  the  cure  of 
obsessijtn  and  has  met  with  great  success. 

Elizabeth    F.    Kurlh 

■Mrs.  Kurth  xvas  boin  in  New  York  in  iKi9.  She  is  ^ 
the  daughter  of  t'Jeorgc  I*  Weil,  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  (Jerniair  Lutheran  Church  in  New  York  City. 
.Mrs.  K'urtli  wjis  educ:Hed  in  Si.  Mathews  .\cademy. 
She  xvas  married  iji  INil.  being  at  the  time  an  ortho- 
dox churxih  member,  but  later  had  Spiritualism 
brought  to  her  notice  and  embraced  it  as  the  truth 
needeil  by  her  ever-hungi'TJng  soul  Since  then  she 
has  been  an  earnest  advocate  and  active  worker  in 
society,  matters.  .She  is  president  of  the  .Woman's 
Progressive  Fnion  of  Brooklyn,  one  of  the  largest 
Spiritual  orgaili/.ations  in  the  State. 

,  Madelena   Klein 

Mrs.    Magdalena  Klein.  oC  Van   Wert,  O..  was  born 
in  Baden,  Cermany.  in  1838,  of  parents  who  were  both 
very.meiiiumistic,   seeing  and   hearing  .spirits.    The 
/  . 


mother  l>oiiijf  of  a  decplv  religious  nature.  Mr». 
Klt'in  has  l>con  chiiraudient  and  clairvoyant  at  tiincn, 
from  her  inlancv.  I)tit  not  until  1S70  iliil  the  »pirit» 
appear  to  her  in  a  hand  and  manifesting  themselves, 
.djjelare  they#»ere  iklcKated  hv  supreme  authority  to 
.'di>  a  specitio  work  through  her  as  their  medium. 
Since  that  time  she  has  heen  their  faithful  sei;vanl, 
,  receivinn  and  dispinsinj;  their  messajres  in  puhlicand 
private.  Mr*.  KKia  has  for  many  years  heen  the 
1  resident  and  i>astoi  of  the  First  Society  of  Christian 
Spiritualists,  of  Van  Wert.  O.  |~ 

Mrs.   fl.    E.    Kibby 

Mr-i.   Kilihy  in  oho  of  Cincinnati's  favorite  InSnoe 

and  test  mediums.     "  A  Friend  "  writes  of  her  :   '■  Uc 

•    have  known   Mrs.    Kibhy   for  a  number  of  years  and 

consider  herorlc  of  the  best  mediums  on  the  Spiritual 

.    platform.     She   has  been    working   in   the   Spiritual 

■■  field  for  fourteen  years,  and  has  been  very  succeiwful." 

Mrs.  a.   W.   Kratz 

»  Mrs.  Knitz  is  comparatively  a  new  worker  in  our 
ranks;  nn  inspirational  speaker,  psychi>metrist  and 
test  medium.  Havinj;  never.sat  lor  development,  she 
•  is  what  can  be  termed  a  born  medium.  Some  four 
years  ngp  conditions  were  thrown  about  her,  when 
the  power  of  spirit  jcave  utterance  in  ilemonstration, 
since  which  time  she  has  served  faithfully  ii^^lier 
home,  the  I'eople"s  Churcli.of  Kvansville.  Ind.  Slie  is 
an  earnest  worker,  as  those  who  have  heiinl  her  can 
testify,  and  is  at  present  s.>rvinn  the  Society  of  Spir- 
ituaiistsaiid  Free  Thinkers  of  Alliance,  O.  Her  home 
.     address  is  J-il  Cherry  street,  Kvansville,  Ind.   ' 

George    W.    Kates 

l'  •  Mr..  Kates  was  born  in  Wilmindloii,  I>el.,  .luly  |s, 
J8-40.     His  parents  became  sp^itualists  soon  after  the 

'  K(K-hester  knockinRs,  and  moveil  to  Ohio,  where 
(Jeorpe  was  };iven  a  irood  common  school  education: 
He  wentSouth  in  1ST8  and  became  ent;aj;e<l  with  Mr. 
.\.  C.  I.jidd.  of  Atlanta,  (Ja.,  as  his  bookkeeper.  A 
devoted  friendship  between  thi'se  two  was  soon  ce- 
mented. "  Liiilii  fill-  'Ihliiktis"  was  started  li.v  the  At- 
lanta Society  as  a  Spiritual  paper  for  the  South,  but 
■  Messrs.  I.add  and  Kates  bad  to  soon  as.sume  manage- 
ment. Mr.  Kates  has  been  an  active  orjrani/.er  of 
local  and  state  societies  and  camp  meetings.  The 
Lookout  Mountain  Camp  and  Southern  .\ssociation 
owedmuch  to  Mi-.  Kates  as  their  secretary,  and  to  his 
paper  for  successes  achieved. 

Mrs.' Ziaola    Srouin  -  Kates 

'■  The  sub.jectof  our  sketch  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
I'a.,  of  parents  who  were  earnest  Methodists,  and 
Zaiila  also  .joined  the  church.  The  parents  were, 
however,  natural  meiliums.  and  hence  the  dau^rhler 
inherited  the  k'"-  •'^"•l  ''''e  *as  forced  by  the  spirits 
to  receive  manifeKtutions  and  their  control.     Her  tirHt 


experie.nces  were  ver.^  interesting  and  marvelou«.  In 
\HHtt  the  family  moved  to  Atlanta.  (Ja.,  and  there  they 
freely  exercised  thefiltsof  mediumship.  Miss  Hro«  n 
commenced  to  hofd  meetings  in  her  parents'  home 
and  continued  it  for  several  years.  Slie  was  finally 
prevailed  U|>on  t»>  take  part  in  the  public  anniversai"y 
exen-ises  and  ac(|uitted  herself  with  satisfaction  ti 
her  friends.  Her  next  public  appearance  -was  at  the 
I.ookout  Mountain  Camp  She  soon  became  promi- 
nent as  a  trance  lecturer  and  test  medium  in  .\tlanta. 
Miss  Hrovtn  and  Mr.  Kates  were  married  at  the  Ia)oW- 
out  Mountain  Camp  in  1SS7.  Since  then  she  and  her 
husbanil  have  jointly  labored  u\  the  public  cause,  lM>th 
•ervinf;  as  lecturen  and  she  aH  test  medium. 

Mrs.   Celia    LoucKs 

Mrs.  I.oucks  is  an  inspirational  mediufii.  much 
soujrht  after  by  a  class  of  thinkers  who  crave  the 
sympathetic,  and  Mrs.  I.oucks  knows  how  to  tind  the 
heart  of  such. 


to  convK'tion,  and  a  man  of  line  intellect,  he  was 
i|tiick  to  K^asp  the  truth  behind  the  phenomena,  and 
thus  hislKild  front  in  acknowledginf;  his  conviction* 
before  «  body  of  other  scientists. 


Mrs.  d.   Lindsey 


I 


Mrs.  I.indsey  was  lorn  in  Ih.W  at  Hannibal,  Mo., 
and  has  been  a  mediuni  since  her  twelfth  year.  She 
is  a  clairvovant,  trance  and  test  medium  Her  rest-, 
dcnce  is  8't  Fourth  street,  (fran<^^I{api<ls,  Mich. 

flllle    Linei^ay    Lyncr) 

Mrs.  L.vnch,  of  Chicago,  formerl.v  of  Memphis, 
Tenn..  is  best  known  to  the  l.ii/lil  »>'  Truth  by  her  past 
contributions,  as  also  to  the  /<f»(r  Wity. 

Mrs.   Emily   L.   Leppcr 

Mrs.  I.epper  is  one  of  the  pioneers  xif  Spiritualism 
in  the  Norjhwest.  She  was  born  in  .Xew  Vineyard, 
Me  ,  in  September.  1V<7.  Her  parents  were  both 
Scotch,  and  she  is  a  natural  psychometrist.  having 
that  K<fl  from  her  earliest  childhood,  and  has  been  a 
public  medium  in  about  every  ]>hase  for  over  forty 
years.  While, in  Ijtureiice,  Kan.,  in  IhH;{.  she  showed 
rare  (tifts  as  a  test  mediuni.  She  is  now^ihe  president 
of  tile  I.iucoln  Band  Liberal  Spiritiral  S<viit.v  of 
Minneapolis.  .Minn.,  which  she  organized  abput  two 
vearsago.  She  built  a  suitable  IimII  in  her  own  hiAse. 
in  which  the  society  hcdd  regular  services  twii^e  a 
week.  ■    ■ 

Mrs.    Mary    C.   Lyman,  ' 

This  lad.v  is  a  mediuin  an<l  worker  in  Chicago,  and 
has  done  much  toward   enffgliteiiiiig  mankind  in  the' 
truths  of  mo<lerii  revelation.     She  nexer  tires  in  her 
endeavors  to  further  the  cause.    . 

Prof.  Oliver  <J.  Lodge,  F.  fl.  S.,  O,  Sc,  LL.'D. 

Oliver. I.  L<«lge  is  one  of  Knglaiid's  I'oreinosi  scien- 
tists, and'  a  comparatively  recent  investigator  into 
pttychical  miUters.     liut  bcint;  of  broad  chlture,  open 


■M 


Prof.  J.   S.   Loveland 


I 


I'roT.  Lovelanil.  whom  our  peojile  will  be  Jflad  to  see 
in  this  album,  is  one  ol  the  oldest  workers  in  the  field 
of  Spiritualism.  Few  hav«-  .-ittained  such  a  reputa- 
tion as  he  has  as  an  inluilivo  reasoner  on  all  subjects 
ap|H-rtaining  to  Spiritualism  lioih  philosophic  and 
scientific.  He  has  filled  ne-.rly  every  office  that  our 
cause  can  grant  a  worker,  besiiles  being  a  reformer  in 
its  various  departments.  .\sa  lecturer,  author,  editor  > 
and  general  newspaper  writer  he  has  lt«en  a  tmon  to 
the  caiise  and  has  led  many  a  benighte<l  traveler  to 
the  light  of  a  spiritual  awakeoing.  .Mr.  t..ovelalTd 
is  at  present  residing  in  SummerlaiMl,  Cal.,  engaged 
in  literary  lal>orH  and  other  duties  that  come  within 
his  sphere  of  action. 

0r.   George    von    LangsdorT 

I>r.  George  von  Ijiiigsdortf  was  born  in  ,Iu4a-,  1822,  in 
Rio  lie  .laneiro,  KniziL  His  parents  were  (Jermans, 
and  his  father  wits  Dr.  M  ,  naturalist,  and  Russian 
ambassador  in  Rio  de  .laneiro.  Dr.  von  IjiiigstlorlT 
went,  in  Ktt),  with  his  parents  to  Europe  ;  was  educa- 
ted in  Freidberg  and  Heidelberg  in  Kaden,  and  took, 
great  interest  for  suppressed  freedom^  In  the  remark-*' 
able  yertr  1H4H  he  was  one  of  the  commanders  of  the 
reputdican  militia  ;  1H49  he  emigrated  to  the  I'nited 
States.  In  Cleveland,  ().,  he  became  aci|uainted  with 
Spiritualism,  and  was  convinced  Ijy  Sirs.  Hannah 
Brown,  clairvoyant.  He  re|urned  in  1S61  to  Baden 
and  ailviK-ated  Spiritualism  in  (Jermany  ;  especially'' 
since  his  wife  and  his  son  have  become  mediums.  He 
is  one  of  the  editors  of  the  "  Sfiifiliialisd.irli-  Ithilltr.;" 
publisherof  man.V'lujoks.  iind  translator  of  .\;  .1.  Davis' 
"  Tempel  "  and  "  I'enetralia."  He  is  now  .seventy-five 
\;yai>  old  and  yet  editing  books  for  distributing  Spir- 
itualism iu  (ieimany.  ,  - 

i  - 

George    R.    Letford  .' 

"The  Driimnier  Medium"  was  born  in  Minnesota. 
But  for  the  jiast  ten  years  has  traveled  in  the  South 
for  the  lirm  of  H.  F..  Bucklen  &  Co.,  Chicago,  as  their' 
general  southern  representative.  While  traveling 
South  he  developed  clairvoyance  and  inspiration  — at 
first  not  knowing  what  it  was,  lis  he  did  not  believe 
in  Spifilualism.  But  after  a  year  or  so  of  investiga- 
tion he  became  fully  convinced  in  the  truths  of  spirit 
cMimmiinicalioii  and  that  it  was  through  the  aid  of 
spirit  frieiids  that  gave  him  power  to  give  true  tests. 
He, is  now  doing  a  grand  work  among  the  traveling 
men.  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact  by  giving  them 
tests  and  talks,  and  in  that  way  getting  them  inter- 
e>ted  in  Spiritualism.  .\  letter  addressed  to  him  at 
•2'r>  Michigan  ayenue.  Chicago,  will  be  forwanled  to 
him  and  promptly  answered.  .i.j 


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Mrs.   fl.    M.    Lulhcr 

Mrs.  CoIhy-liUthor,  ms  •iho  is  liettiT  known,  is  a  vet; 

criin  in  tliicaiiso  ofiriitli.i    She  neviT  tails  l<i  intvrfst 

'    an   amlicni'i-.  wIu-iIkt   thv\   a>;roc  with    Iut  or   not. 

Hit  i-uii(li(l,  ori>riiial   niannor  of  liamllinK  lior  sHt>it'i't 

niakis  lu'f  otif  of  nian\   wlio  will   never  l>e  forgotten. 

Mrs.    R.    S.    Lillie 

Mrs.  K.  S.  l.illie,  wln>se  likeness  >;raees  this  allium, 
is  one  of  the  most  well-known   leeliirers  in  our  tielil. 

I  She  has  ilone  serviee  as  a  speaker,  iniprovisatriee.  anil 
sometimes  as  a  reader,  when  eoiiditions  favored  the 
oeeasion.  Hut  as  a  speaker  whe  naineil  her  greatest 
popularity  .  for  her  soul  jroesoul  with  her  speeeh  ;  her 
life  is  wrapped  up  in  Spiritiiafism.  Few  have  gained 
sueh  universal  r«gard  as  Mrs  l.illie.  ."site  was  ever 
true  to  hersilf  and  never  s^ver\ed  from  the  path  of 
dul\  whenorith-d  whcllu'rlix  mortal  or  spirit  voiee. 
Hut  x]i6  latter  is  cspeeiallv  her  guiding  monitor,  heing 
a  ps\ehie  of  the  first  water  and  thus  liighlv  inspira- 
tional to  thoughts  from  the  lie.voiid.  "Kurt hei more. 
Mrs.  l.illie  is  a  lady  in  every  sense  of  the  wiiril  ;  very 
sympathetie  liy  nature  ;  ear.nest  in  her  advocaey  of 
what  is  right  or  true  ;  and  has  many  good  friends, 
who  love  her  for  her  personality.  l.iVe  all  devoted 
souls,  who  know  no  guile. or  resort  to  jililiaV  to  gain  ' 

,    her  ends.  Mrs.  l.illie   has  had   mueh   to  eonft-itd  with. 

But  she  thereby  he.ld  her  own  in  the  hearts  of  honest 

__'_;  .Spiritualists,   and   will    remain   there    a-i    long  as  her 

name  will  he  uttered  hy  those  rcmemhering  iiei*  us  u 

■    worker  in  our  eause.       '  ,   •  -i 

Dr.    J.    I-ii-yS 

I>r.  .1.  I.uys,  who^e  port raiTTWf  give  in  this  allium. 

■.\\  well  knoon  as  one  of  the  lei.iding  authorities  in 
I'aris  on  eerehral  rind  nervous  diseases.  Mis  reeent 
work  with  regard  to  the  observation  h_\  hypnotized 
sensitives  of  the  colors  inherent   in'the  humari  aura 

'  eonfirm  IJeiehenliach's  and  heltoehas"  investigations, 
waspuMished  recently.  Finding  that  his  eollea>Iues 
would  not  admit  sueh  evidence  as  definitely  demon- 
strating the  existence  ot  these  effluvia,  he  turned  to 
photography,  which  had  already  lieen  u.seil  similarly 
by  Dr.  Ilaradiic,  and  developid  a  new  process  hy 
which  he  obtained  stiiking  itnprints  of  human  v  ilal 
ncuric  radiation  Theeffliivia  from  the  tingers  were 
shown  by  his  proce-s  to  be  self-luminous,  and  to  radi- 
ate from  the  finger  tips  in  the  for«i  of  small  craters 
and  as  striations  Me  alsii*»liowed  that  the  radiation 
from  the  right  and  the  lefVhand  are  attracted  by  each 
other  as  .are  the  radiations  from  the  two  poles  of  .a 
magnet.  Itr.  I.uys  was  head  physician  of  the  Charitie 
Hospital  in  I'aris.  He  hoJds  many  honorary,  titles 
and  |>osts.  such  as  Member  of  the  .\cademy  of  Me<li- 
cine,  etc.,  etc.  Perhaps  the  most  striking  among  his 
numerous  contributions  to  medical  literature  eon- 
sistii  in  an  atlas  of  the  human  brain,  giving  a  series 
of  (ihotographs  made  from  consecuti've  horizontal 
BectionH  or  slices  of  the  brain.  Several  special  brain 
centres  were  discovered  hv  him  and  bear  his  name. 


.      ■       .'•'''■•  '  ■      ' 

(T)r8.    Carrie    Le    Sean'  '     -    - 

Mis  I,e  Heaii  is  a  psychometric  reader  an<l  plafforni 
tesi  medium.  She  .serves  the  Society  of  .Spiritiial 
Truth  <»f  Lincoln,  Neb. 

^rof.    O.  C.   Lomiaroso, 


belief,  in  the  pheifomena  he  witnesseil  there  on  maty 
other  iX"casions.  although  he  takes  no  acti■^e  pail  in 
forwanling  the  Spiritualistic  theories,  but  at  the  re- 
cent Internatiiimil  Congress  of  Medicine  at  Motn-ow, 
.\ugust,  IsHT,  he  held  a  discourse  on  the  "  Future  of 
I'sycWattria,"  which  was  received  •ith  immense  ap- 
|>lauNe  by  the  other  members  of  the  Congresw. 

Rev.    Mrs.    H.    S.    Lake 

Mni.  Lake,  of  Cleveland  <>..  is -a  rare  psychic,  a 
w  i-n  oj  of  p")r>inl  c  invit-tions.  The  tntrepidil'y 
with  vvhio'i  s!ie  :ldlu-rc-<  t)  Hiese,  causes  opponents 
to  re:;ard  her  ais  being  hirsh  an  I  iinpL-rious,  but  inti- 
mate friends  ktiow  her  as  singularly  retiring  and 
sensitive.  Necessarily  her  life  has  been  .arduous  and 
eventful.  Her  first  work  w:is  a  volume  of  poem's  pub-  . 
lished  in  1S72.  She  began  herpi  itform  career  in  IM78. 
and  has  been  hejini  throughout  the  I'liion:  Itrr  lan- 
guage is  described  as  incisive  an.^-»;li>yuent.  colored 
hy  a  religious  fervor,  which  places  lier  in  the  front 
railk  of  reformers.  Whatever  c;iuse  she  espouses, 
ha»in  her  a  britliiint  and  powerful  advocate. 

Mrs.    L.    L.    La(jure.r)ce, 

Of  Indianiipolis,  has  lieen  for  many  years  most  .ac- 
tively eiigaged  in  good  works  tor  the  welfare  of  her 
sex  and  all  who  siilfer.  She  was  the  first  to  found 
Free  Kress  Cutting.and  Making  .Schools  in  her  own 
and  other  large  cities.  .\  few  years  since,  her  mother, 
"(Jrandtna  I>avis."  .at  the  Hge  of  so  years  developed 
as  a  most  remarkable  medium  for  Iwith  mental  and 
physical  manifestations  in  her  own  home, j  and  ever 


since  ^hat  time  she  has  been  lioth  with  voice  and  pen 
really  to  advocate  and  defend  the  truth  of  ti  contin- 
ued life  after  the  change  of  dccurnation.^ 

6.   M.    Lauurence,  ^•.  vf 

lecturer,  health  teacher,  and  song  writer, 'speaks  and 
'writes  by  inspiration.  He  wuh  ijne  of  t^  first  to 
prove  and  proclaim  the  truth  o^  a  liie  after  tBe  mor- 
tal body  dies,  While  giving  public  entertainments, 
and  employing  music  and  mirth  to  aid  in  works  of 
charity,  he  developed  the  tat-ulty  of  song  writing,  and 
is  the  author  of  several  volumes,  both  of  music  and  . 
wonls. ,  His  songs  and  |K)ems  present  'every  phase  of 
reform  -social,  patriotic,  and  humofous,  as  well  as 
spiritual,  and  are  highly  commendeil.  "  Some  of  the 
songs,  such  as  '  Dream  Faces  Celestial,'  are  remarkably 
beautiful."  H.  ().  Fowler,  editor  of  Thr  \e>r  Tinii'. 
Hir  lilt II If  r  lit'  Liijiit  siiys  :  '*  Those  who  desire  the 
near  approach  of  elevated  Spiritual  intiuences  have 
cause  to  thank  Dr.  H.  M.  Uiwrence  for  his  collection 
of  songs 'and  hymns."  "The  original  wtrds  are  . 
smooth  and  beautiful,  and  the  music  fluent  and  melo- 
dious, 'n-  '  "  It  wilf  l)ear  long  and  close 
aci|uaintance."  H'liiiin-l'liilniuiiihiriilJuiiiiiiil.  "  Each 
number  contains  the  highest  pioral  lessons  as  well 
as  cheering  the  stiul  with  the  divine  truth  that  our 
loved  ones  '  .\re  only  gone  l>efore.'  " —  J  hi  (ioldrii 
dull.  "Dr.  H.  M.  Ijiwrence,  the  well-known  poet 
musician,  seems  to  have  the  faculty  of  bringinf; 
music  or  poetry  into  every  thing  with  which  he 
sympathizes.  •*  *  "  *  .\11  will  remcmlHT  '^ 
his  beautiful  S|)iritual  airs  in  oui^Circle  .Song  Book, 
and  his  patriotic  hymns  in' favor  of  Old  (Jlory."  — 
Li'ilii  111  Inith  I'rof.  Chas.  K.  Chadman,  editor  of 
"  The' Patriots' >iong  Book'''  in  the  -prerace  said: 
"These  songs  were  written  by  Dr.  B  SL  Lawrence, 
of  Indianapolis,  a  life  long  worktr  for  the  oppressed 
of  the  human  race  .\nd  we  believe  that  the  spread- 
ing of  his  noble  and  cheering  ongs  t^roughout'the 
land  may  ha<e  the  cfl'ect  to  unearth  and  arouse  many 
another  genius  to  assist  in  the  work  of  righting 
wrongs,  and  etfeetin'g  the  dawn  of  a  new  eni  where 
■  ililstice  shrill  have  sway.'-"  The  Spiritual  Hymn.il 
No  i.  just  issued  by  the  l.iiflil  ol  7  riilli  I'nlilislrin  i  Co., 
a  work  of  SO  pages  and  more  than  thar  number  of 
songs  contains  the  author's  lateiit  and  litest  poems  with 
music  and  songs  for  Kntertainments,  Lyceums,  Cir- 
cles, and  .Spiritual  Meetings  i% 

W.   M.    Myers 

Mr.  Myers  is  an  earnest  worker  in  the  cause.  Hp  is 
a  traveling  salesman,  liut  lectures  on  Spiritualism 
when-opiiortunities  favor.  He  is  one  of  the  trustees 
of  the  Ohio  State  .\s«)ciation,  and  was  a  delegiite  to 
the  first  N.  S.  A.  Convention  ttt  Chicn^o. 

a.    F.   McOevUl 

Mr.  McDevitt  is  n  citizen-  of  Huntsville,  Ala.,  and 
an   earnest- worker  in  the  cause.     He  is  a  native  -of 


l)Ut  rcniovcil  to  Indiana  in  1S:<3. 
1  Spiritualist  .throujtli  homo  phe,- 
B6   reinovi-il    to    HiintR\  illc,  Ala., 


H.   fDurray 

known  to  the  ii'ailcrs  o|  tliisa!- 
nn  contriliulions  to  our.  journals, 
worker  in  <iur  cause,  hut   is  ever 

He  is  a  sensitive,  however. 'anil 
>r  things  spiritual  ;  and  heiiin  a 
i>«  to  dispense  his  knowled>;e  in 
al  manner. 

V.   n)oullort 

iieeepsful  lawyer  at  (irand  Hapids, 
-i*UJlljJied  witjli  theeause  otlSpir- 

the  most  TvTollientuous  iH'easions, 
nediuins  in   imirt   ajrainst   unjust 

aelive  part  ill  the  eonventiiins  of 
alist  .\s>oeiation  and  speaking;  at 
|>opular  ov-e.istwns  ro  hir^e  audi- 
in  ex-nieniher  of  tli^-  Miehinan 
hal  a  hinhlv  respected  citizen  in 
.'  is  one  of  tile  liraiiiie!<t  men  ou 
n.       '  • 

-  •  *  * 

f.   PI.   <T)ansriefar 

in  1  he  Spiritualistic  tiold  isa  hij;h- 
j:  medium.  ISeceivinn  iit  coiinec- 
•escriplioiis  fur  eurini;  diseases,  it 

to  him  that  he  was  he  n;:  Uf>ed  1>\ 
r  inorc  than  <uldi'nar>  uses,  and 
ircmnstances  hi'  attended  a  medi- 
iiated  as  a  idi>s;ci:in.  Now  hi;  is 
lifv  whatever  errors  spirits  may 
orahle  conditions      and  isahoon 


.   V.  n)ansrielal' 

I  other  coui)(riei«  us  •'The  Spirit- 
He    has    answered    hundreils  T5f 

letters,  and  correctly,  under  the 
rchiim  test  conditions,  written  in 
rman,  Italian,  Spanish,  Chinese, 
X  vears  ajTli,  wa*  world-wide  and 
eminent  seholar«.  and  thousands 
leof  the  science  of  Spiritualism  ; 
lltfti    dcjith,    was   n  demonstrated 

aj{o,  in  New  York  City.  I  was  a 
rcleof  scientific  men  and  women, 

senators,  lawyers,  doctors,  pro- 
le, who  teste<l  him  once  or  twice 
lonths.  We  found  that  some  in- 
or  to  human  kno«ledj;e  and  ex- 
ant  of  our  most  necret  acts  and 
were  jtivcn  in  detail,  froirl  oui^ 
oubly  Mcaled  and  Hewed  letters  >, 


who  had  passed  from  this  life  lonjj  before  arKl  many 
of  them  in  foreign  lands,  tliousands  of  miles  away  .  of 
whom  Mr.  Manstield  could  not  have  had  the  least  p;<r-:- 
tide  of  informatioiV       ,1.  Cliupel. 

h  Luther    R..  n)arsn 

Mr.  Marsh  i~a  prominent  New  York  lawyer,  a  law 
partner  of  |):miel  Welister,  alter  the  hitter's  resigna- 
tion from  President  Tyler's  cabinet,  and  later  of  (Jov- 
ernor  T.  H.  IlolI'man,  of  New  York.  As  a'  Spirit- 
ualist he  l<>ok»  hack  to  .Swedeiibor(f  as  the.  ,l<din  ,the 
Kaplist  of  ihi' present  spiritual  revelation,  thon^Kan 
ardent  student  of.  the  phenomena  , of  today  taking 
place  in  the  piesence  of  mediums,  and  an  ailvocate  of. 
their  philosophy.  Mr.  Marsh  has  written  several 
books  i>n  the  nubject  which  were  published  c|uite  a 
while  ifuo»  His  latest  is  "  How  I  Hi-canie  a  Spiritual- 
ist," containiiiK.  besides  a  sketch  of  hi.mself.  sonu- 
valuable  information  iriven  medially.  anion>;  iheni 
nottf!<  from  Webster.  Kurns  Kdniunds  and  others. 
"Mr. -Marshlixesat  Yonkcrs.  N.  Y. 

W.   Sloinlon   (Doses     fT).  fl.  Oxon 

This  ^entU man  started  out  to  "  Smash  up  the  so- 
calleil -civnce  •■!  Spiritualism  "  but  became  a  nieillum 
instead.  He  ■le\  eloped  remar|:ablt'  powi-is  Kap- 
pinjrs,  table  liltinns.  movini;  of  Reticles  uithout  physi- 
cal contact,  levitalions  "  voice,s  "  sceiils.  spirit  liulits, 
trances,  w^itin^:s  •'dii'ect"  and  "  ;iuloinalic."  all  oc- 
curred through  his  instrumentality.  .\  tine  vidiime 
tff  "Spirit  Teaehinjjs"  contains  many  of  the  mes- 
snjres  )|^rilten  throii;;h  his  hand.  A  cultured,  c  lutioiis, 
nndcrit'cal  man.  his  experienei's  and  testimony  are 
extremely  valualde.  and  as  autliDr.  and  e«litor.-of 
l.i'llit.  he  ilid  voemnn's  service  to  the  cause,  and  pars- 
ed to  the  higher  life  in  !•<«>•.>. 

n)arlin    M.   <T)cCratl7 

This  Jtentleman  is  the  secretary  of  the  Mississipjii 
Yalley  Spiritualists'  .\sstK-iation.  ,  He  is  youn^  in  the 
service,  hut  earncHt  and  promising  for  ({ood  result*. ,. 

fl.    F.   n>eichers 

Mr.  Melchers  was  born  in  Is-JT,  ami  became  identi- 
fied w7th  tie  cause  in  1S7M  by  contributing  to  the 
spiritlial  press.  In  IHSH  he  became  reporter  of  the 
littler  U'Oi.  of  Cincinnati.  (».,  and  in  IHS»  its  editor, 
holding;  that  position  until  \x»i,  when  the  aforenamed 
paper  iccame  the  Lii/hi  •■!  I ,  iijli.  I'uder  a  new  regime' 
he  became  an  associate  editor  with  W'lllird  .1.  Hull, 
anjl^ others.  Durini;  his  car/er  as  assiK'iale  editor  he 
/ftdPte  ■■  In  Higher  Realms."  !inil  '■  I'syluo  World," 
ai»  compiled  the  "  INychonietric  Dictionary.'-' 

^  F.    M.    W.   n>yers 

Mr;_Mj^rs  is  a  prominent  Kn^lishman  utnon;;scien- 
tiiK'Tescarchers,   and    h^is    done   much   for    psychic  - 

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scibnce  in  a  way  that  brought  it  before  the  notice  of 
»n  intelliKent  class  of  readers.     He  is  a  close  student  / 
Iff  the  (X-cult  and  sees  much   where  Cjthers  wouhl  he/ 
liu/.zled  for  lack  of  understandinK  it,  nni\  uccordinjtly'     t 


pronounce  it   fraud.     Mr.  Myei-s  is  also  the  honorable 
secretary    of  the    Kntrlish  Society  for    Psychical   Hi 
search.  '  His  home  is  in  Cainbrid>re,  Kngland. 

Franz.   n>elcr)ers^ 

•  ''  ■  -       . 

Colonel  Melchers,  once  a  statV  otticer  of  (Jovernor 
Hampton,  was  born  in  (iernian>.  .Ian'.  !•.  l^irt.  Came 
to  Charleston.  .S.  C.  in  Istii.  Has  been  editor  and 
publisher  of  a  (Jeriuan  paper  in  that  city  since  Is.'iS. 
He  is  the  pioneer  Sjiirilualist  in  his  adopted  city,  ad- 
vocatiu).:  it  thriniKh  the  columns  of  his  paper  since 
|s7<i.  when  he  first  saw  its  lijrhl.  During'  this  time  he 
|iubli>he<l  the  lii>t  (ierinan  Spiritual  book  in  this.^ 
country  "  Das  (Jebaeiide  der  Wahrheit."  Hisstand- ' 
in^' as  a  citi/en  is  one  of  honesty  and  int<  K'rity.  and 
f\er  true  to  his  principles  of  knowledge  and  rifiht. 
He  is  the  father  of  ,\    F    Meloheis. 

J     '■' 
Dr.    Neii»c   C.   (Hosier 


^ 


V.- 


Mr-. Mo-ier  is  one  of  the  lew  remarkable  ii«>cliic» 
whilst-  work  redouii'!-  to  the  credit  of  the  Spiritual 
rostrum  She  \s  the  d.nijrhter  of  a  Seventh  Day  .\d- 
velil  minister.  Her  lir«t  work  a-  a  medium  was  iliyV- 
nosiivj:  disc  is«s,  and  that  led  her  t(i>  study  niedicme. 
.She  >;railuatvd  fmm  the  I'.crectic. Medical  Svdvojil.  '  For 
the  past  two  y.-ars  she  has' been  K'ivinj;  platform  tests 
and  is  eonst.-intly  employed  in  that  capacity  .  Dr.  Mo- 
sier's  home  i«  at  North  l.indale.  O.  .       _ 

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fl>iss    Florence   (Darry-alt, 

Daujrhterof  the  famous  Captain  Marry. att.  has  written 
a  larj;e  numln-r  of  hooks ;  probably  none  have  been 
more  popular  than  ■•There  is  no  Death, ".'a  narrative: 
of  her  ex|>erienee  with  mediums,  and  her  latter  work, 
"  The  Spirit  Worlil  "  Her  lectures  on  the  same  sub-  . 
jeets  in  IsiM  and  ls!t.">  aroused  much  attention.  .Medi- 
umistie  and  spontaneous,  she  i^Mords  helpful  condi- 
tions, and  has  had  most  remarkable  "  tests"  of  spirit 
identity.  * 

0r.  <l.    M.    A.   matteson 

Mrs.  Matteson  has  been  for  a  nuifiber  of  years  a 
prominent  figure  in  Hutlalo,  N.  Y,  Herjrreatest  fame 
rests  upon  her  van€|uishment,  in  many  hard  fought 
battles,  of  the  medical  i|uacks  of  that  city,  who 
thioujrh  base  and  outraneous  laws  enacted  in  their 
bihalf  havcvsouKlit  to  drive  her  out  of  the  city,  im- 
prison tier,  and  bre.-ik  up  her  work,  and  they  hr.ve 
signally  failed  every  time.  Mrs.  Matteson- stands  to- 
day n  recojrnized  clairvoyant  physician  and  t**  •'oinjf 
a  vast  amount  of  jjood.  Her  hand  and  heart  Imve 
been  seen  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  advancement  of 
Spiritualism  in  Kutfulo  during  the  last  fifteen  years. 
Mis.  Matteson  is  an. unconscious  trance  diat;nostician 


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Mrs.  Nickl 
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ac(|uaintanc< 


Ill  nirely  fails  in  locatinf;  diseaHeiind  itsoHUHv.  Her 
I'atmcnt  ooiisj«.'t>  wholly  of  roots  :in(l  h»Tl)s  |)ri-j>:iri'fl 
•  lu'rsolf  iin«l  UHsi*itiin>K.  She  tins  written  ami  j)u)>- 
i\\M  a  book  calU-cl  the  Occult  Faniilv  IMi>>ician  ami 
itanic  (Iiiidc  t»i  Huallh,  a  valuable  anil  lianily  work. 
Iiich  ou^ht  to  he  in  the  fainilj  of  every  S|iirilualist. 

4.  <l.  fnorse,  . 

devoted  sei'vnnt  of  the  tipirit-worlil  for  twenty  oev- 
1  years,  has  won  honor  anil  esteem,  both  as  a  man 
111  a  trance  speaker.  He  was  Imrn  in  l^ls.  the  niein 
able  year  of  the  Hochester  knockin^s  anil  has  vis- 
.'il  America  for  lecturini;  purposes  three  times, 
•obably,  upwarils  of  six  thousand  public  aililresses 
ive  been  K'ven  throujrh  his  iir;;anisn>.  upon  a  ;;reat 
iriety  of  subjects,  not  to  speak  of  the  many  private 
eetii\^s  lit  which  he  ha-'  been  ciintrolleil.  anil  man> 
markable  evidences  of  sjiiritpowcr.  iiUntitx.  and 
ise  ministration  have  been  jriven  throu;:h  him.  .\s 
L-iinent,  logical,  and  eloi|uent  tilatlorm  aiUncate.  he- 
inds  in  the  front  rank,  and  is  ileservnll>  popular 
111  all  aiiilietices. 

Jaiia    Steeirnan-n>itcneii  '' 

Mrs  Mitchell  is  a  well  known  ihspiraiiiinal  s^>i:ik«r 
111  test  meiliiMiV.  She  lii-t  became  known  as  siuh  im 
ncilinati.  a  lew  years  a^;o  a-  Mr»^  St«eliiiaii.  when 
e  was  stru^r^'liiij:  to  support  hiYself  and  tive  cllil- 
en.  Hut  a  higher  power  mini,  and  -he  wa->  mar- 
.•d  to  Mr  Carey  Mitchell,  a  hi^rlifv  respected  citizen 
id  drunjrijj.  of  Ci>vinf;toii,  Ky.  •  ."she  diil  not  abandon 
r  trust.  lri|w ever,  and  rein 'ins  i rue  to  her -piritiial 
ission  of  cnliKliteninK  mankind  '  Her  home  ad- 
eiw  JH  Hellevue.  Ky.,  a  suburb  of  Cincinnati. 

PAST.   IMJKSKNT.  AMt  KIT!  KK, 

HV    .ItLll    KTKKLMAN-MITCIIKl.l..  ! 

'  ''      • 

Of  stone,  of  color,  or  of  thoujiht —  | 

In  all  of  art  —  man  learns  at   last.   •  ^ 

Thou>:li  writinp  sacred  books  of  life. 
He  simply  wriles'but  of  the  past. 

Whilii  nature    -  parent  of  us  all  — 
With  unseen  tinker  marks  each  pane 

With  all  the  future  tna>  unroll 

From  _\ear  to  year,  from  ajie  to  a>;c. 

Yet  tbrouKh  the  sparkling  >jenis  of  Titne, 
The  fl.ash  of  truth  man  oft  may  see. 

And  learn  from  shadow »  of  the  past 
What  was,  what  is,  and  is  to  h«. 

.%'<"•;,«, 7,  K;i. 

I 
Eclilt7    E.    K.    Nickless 

Mrs.  Nickless  is  a  worthy  worker  in  our  field,  and 
rves  as  a  lecturer  and  organizer.  Her  iiiHueiiee  is 
nial  and  she  is  always  a  welcome  Ruest  anions  her 
ipiaintanees. 


V/.   V,  Nicum        ^ 

Mr.  Nicum  is  a'  traveling  man.  but  niiikes  leeturing 
on  Sjiiritualisni  an  important  factor  in  Jis  lifej^iis- 
sion.  He  harmoiii/.es  the  spiritual  with  the  lo^rerial 
in  a  manner  that  makes  life  agreeable,  iiA  thus 
•  keeps  clear  of  the  breakers  that  so  many  rfavelinn 
men  are  subjected  to.  His  home  is  in  I>a>ton.  <)., 
where  he  ministers  to  a  re);ularl>  orj;ani/.eil  SiK'iety 
when  ill  the  vicinitv. 

'  n>rs.    Laura    SunderUn   Nourse 

'   I^iiira   .\.' Sunderlin    Ni>ur»e.  of  Moline,    111.  author 

'of    ■  I'encilinns    Krom   Imniortlilit.x ."    :Aid    "lixricof 
I.i^-  "  was  burn  in   l"*-*).  at  Independence.  .\lle>:liany 

•  County.  N.  V.  She  is  the  ilaii).'lilei  of  I>r.  .\nthony 
Haificv  and  wife.  Ko\a  Cliapin  Harney     She  inarrieil 

,  in  ls.'>li.  I Ir.  Samuel   .Sunderland,  who  died    in  Isstl.  at 

^Calamti-.    Iowa       He    .was    also    a    mediiini   and  iiia^- 

netic  healer      Mrs.    Noiii'se  i«  the  tnother  of  oi>/ son, 

•a  •>iiccessful  newsiiaper  editor  at    heliiiar.   I.owa.  and 

""  two  daughters  both  married.  Mi«.  NuiMsi*-  in  Isss 
married  a  second  husb;iii,|..  l»r  William  .\.  Nourse.  of 
Moline.  Ill  .  where  she  now  resides.  She  has, won 
ci>ii-iilerable  lame  a*  a  poet,  and  selections"  of  her 
pii'dished  poetr>  with  portrait  of  the  author  Were 
ptildishid  in'  the  .»/••':/•..  •■'  I't-l  n.  Hutfalo.  N.  Y. 
I^H1  .Vnd  -he  was  also,  with  bioyraphival  notice  and 
portniit,  chosen  a  jdaci-  in  "  .1  Uoiiiii.i  <•<  t:,,  <  ,',,iiirii." 
edited  by  Kr.inci>  Willianl  and  Mary  \.  I.ivermore, 
Hulf.ilo.  N.  Y.  Mrs  Noiir»e  has  ever  been  a  fearless 
and  avowed  Spiritualist,  a  clair\;o\ant  and  inspira- 
tional writer  of  active  »cr\  ice  for  nearly  thirty  \ears, 
and  much   loved  and   re'-pected   by  all  who  knew  her. 


Tnomas   G.    Neiomao. 

•  Thomas,  ii.  Newman  w a- born  in  I>rid>;ewatcr.  Som- 
erset, Knuland,  Sept.  2H.  Islt.t.  and  ten  years  later  was 
left  fatherlfss  Was  for  some  years  a  Slethodist  min- 
ister, then  became  an  .\dventist,  and  for  seven  years 
edited  the  HHit  /iV(i  .•ii'oi- and  MiUminnt  //.n'/ini/i  c,  in 
New  York,  and  published  a  score  or  more  of  theolog- 
ical works,  several  of  which  were  written  by  himself 
His  attention  was  called  to  the  Sjiiritnal  philosophy 
ill  \'<7i,  by  CaiMain  H.  H.  Hrown.  in  Iowa.  He  be- 
cauic  a  believer  in  the  pheiiotnena  as  well  as  the 
philosophy  before  be  removed  to  Chicajjo.  where,  in 
is7:<,  he  b.-o:ime  iut .-rested  in  bee  culture,  and  pur- 
chased the  .1 /IK  I  I'-'i II  II"  ^ii'ii'iii'',  which  he  edited  and 
published  for  tibout  twenty  years.  Fjirly  in  IHSii  he 
purchased  the  lliliijiii:l'hili>si')iliii-)il  Jituni'il,  anil  in  Sep- 
tember, lHl»t>.  he  attended  the  Californiii  "•tale  .Spirit- 
ualist Convention,  at  Siin  Knincisco,  and  was  elected 
its  presideiit,  the  /*/(i/i<.«../,/(iV<(/  j-iu-.k//  beiii^  made  the 
otticial  or.L'an  of  the  Slate  Association,  and  he  was 
unanimiiusl^i  invited  to  move  it  to  San  Fnincisco, 
which  he  did  the  January  followin^g. 

XIII        -^  .  • 


•;/.- 


J 


C.    F.   OCtmar 

Mr.  (J^  V.  Ottmar,  LI,.  B.,  was  liolftp  '"  Wiirtemburg, 
(?ermany.  Oct.  i",  1867. v  At  the  age  of  thirteen  he 
came  to  theFnited  States  He  wenftto  school  winters 
and  worked  on  the  farm  Summers.  He  tauf;ht  school 
three  years.  In  ISHS  he  >;railiialed  from  the  law  de- 
partment of  the  I'niversity  of  Michiifan.  He  went  to 
practice  law  in  I.ansin>;  where  he  has  how  a  fair  prac- 
tice. He  is  fearless  to  let  the  people  know  his  belief, 
and  he  won  the  respect  of  the  court  and  bar  in  spite 
of  the  prejudices  that  are  known  to  exist  agiiinst 
Spiritualists.  He  is  manager  of  the  Haslett  Ifark 
Campi  .\ss<K'iation. 

—  .    -.  <narguerite    Sl.  Omer 

This  lail>  iiiow  Mrs.  pr.  Hrjtus  is  best  known  by 
her  maiden  name  asa  patriom* speaker  and  psychom- 
etrist.  She  is  at  present  located  at  Duyton,  O.,  where 
slie'fs  practicing;  her  meditimship.  ' 

Loe    F.    Prior 

Mrs.  Prior  is  a  >oun);  meilium  who  is  rapidly  ad- 
vancinj;.  havini;  been  a  public  lecturer  for  three 
vears.  Slie  is  now  the  missionary  at  htrge  for  the  X. 
S.  A.  .  '  '  ■  ^    ' 

(Dyra    F.    Paine    — 

■  Mrs.  Paine  '\f  a  sensitVye  amf;!  woinan  of  fine  men- 
tal culture.  She  is  the-author  of  a  Lyceum  (iiiide 
or  Manual  which  contHins  man\  striking  points  ami 
interestin^r  lessons.  She  is  also'vi^H  inspirational 
speakerr     Her  address  is  Lily   Dale,  N.  «. 

~i  .  ■ 

N.    (T\.    Purviance  * 

Nathan  M.  Purviance  is  a  native  of  Ohio  and  is 
fifty  seven  _\ears  of  a^e.  Finished  classical  collegi- 
ate course  in  IHtid.  Commenced  the  practice  of  law  ! 
ii.i  1H(V>  and  contiinied  in  it  with  more  than  ordi-  1 
niiry  success  until  lH9:t.  when  he  abandoned  it  for 
esoterics.  Was  converted  to  Spiritualism  in  the  fall 
of  IST2.  liy  phenomena  occurring  in  his  home.  Has 
ever  since  that  date  been  an  unflinching  advocate  of 
its  philosophy  and  phenomena.  Has  converted  hunt 
dreils  to  its  grand  truths.  Has  devoted  much  «tt<n>- 
tion  since  'NT7  to  the  several  schools  or  divisions  of 
mental  science,  hypnotism,  telegraphy  Buddhism, 
and  theosophy,  with  the  view  of  understanding  their 
therapeutic  uses.  Lef^  Kansas  City  in  1893  and  went 
to  .\rkansas  and  established  his  home  on  the  crest  of 
"  Cypress  Hange"  of  mountains  in-  Perry  county  to 
insure  the  privacy  necessary  to  spiritual  gi-owth. 

Thco.    F.    Price 

Mr.  Price  was  born  in  Richmond.  Ind.  raised  a  Qua- 
ker, and  developed  as  a  medWrti— a  sensitive  and 
speaker.  He  is  quite  a  veteran  in  the  field  ;  is  very 
popular  i.  has  traveled  far  and  wn«le,  and  'thus  has  an 


ih 


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crii'ticc  los()i«.-c  in  with  his  insnirations. 
lire  scii'iilitic.  historii'iil,  loj;icii'l.  philo- 
K])iritu:i1  withul,  anil  the  reiuliTs  of  the 
>;ansh:ivc  seen  many  hi>;h  on(lon<emi'nt.s 
of  his  lectures  and  testsin  their  columfl;*. 
nt  address  is  Cape  May,  N.  .1.  r' 

t>rs.   Anna    fTrPhilUps  ,  *^~ 

ia  physical  niedinfn.  of  Ixiwell,  Iml..     In 

ra])pin>rs  .and    inovinj;  i,of  , inert    object 

ilso  playing  on  music  «1  ihstrninents  diir- 


pension  in  niiil-air. 
not  pntilic. 


Shy  is  also  a  trunt- 


fDrs.   Eva    Pfuntner 

iier.  formerly  Mrs.  Sa>;master,  hy  which 
lie  into  prominence  as  a  spirijual  worker,. 
i;e,  clairvoyant,  and  psychometric  medi- 
.Tves  a  place  in  the  hearts  of  all  (rood 
.•r  earnest  endeavor  and  love  for  Spirit - 
has  sacriticeil  much  for  the  cause,  anil 
•  way  to  a  position  that  none  can  assail 
the  law  that  protects  her  from  the  he- 
ihors  are  i)rincipally  nns.sioij«ry. 

fDrs.    C.    O.    Prudcn 

scores  of  >;rand  women  who  have  been 
voice    the  truths   of  Spiritualism,    Mrs^ 

a  worthy  place.  She  is  specially  repre- 
[he  Northwest,  and  has  for  many  yearn 
idinK  position  as  speakerund  medium  in 
Minneapolis.  Her  presenl  work  is  with 
lon„l'nion  of  Spiritualists  of  the  latter 
ruden's  power  as  a  speaker  is  (grounded 

ami  persuasiveness.  Of  a  >;entle  and 
re,  she  attracts  these  (qualities  in  the 
nspire  her,  the  result- being  that  the  in- 
?r  teachif.g  permeates  and  strenjjthens 
all  who  hear  her.  She  has  done  and  is 
t  work,  a  work  filled  with  self-sacrifice 
Dii,  and  corrospondingl.v  with  all  that  is 

valuable  in  jtublic  ministnitionH. 

Prof.    ^V.    F.    Peck 

eek  is  one  of  our  best  speHkcrs.  and  de- 
in  the  front  rank  of  our  cause.  Those 
ird  hiinani^Jiiiow  how  to  appreciate  hini/ 
•eeall  his  discourses  with  pleasure,  foe 
iry  in  interest  whatever  his  theme.  Mr. 
ke  the  driest  subject  imitvinable  and 
)st  interesting  lecture  out  of  it,  making 
,  holding  to  it  throughout  and  bringing 
's  point  at  the  close.  He  not  only  con- 
ES's  what  he  is  talking  about,  but  so  <lo 
ixl  that  is  the  most  gratifying  part  of  the 
pleases  both  lecturer  and  audiences, 
this  gentleman  has  a  large  fount  of 
■mation  to  draw  from  that  presents  itHelf 


in  harmonious  .  rhvthin  with  his  inspirations  and 
makes  him  an  easy  instrument  to  liandle  by  the  spirit 
world  for  all  tK-Vasions.  Itesides  that,  it  enables  the 
spiritual  man  to  gather  new  inspirations  wli^le  the 
material  is  descanting  on  its  own  knowledge,  and  re- 
ults  in  an  eloiiuence  that  is  cheering  and  inspiring  to 
he  hearer  as  well  as  the  speaker.  Mr.  I'eck  is  also 
Jeiy  spiritual  in  his  talks,  and  interblemls  the  niater- 
larwitii  it  in  a  manner  that  invites  the  interest  of  all 
cliisses^of  thinkers  or  rcnRoners. 

(Drs.   <T)ay    S.    Pepper 

•The  subject  of  this  sketch  wa^  born  in  Manstielil, 
Mass.,  in  May,  l^rts  She  was  first  controUeil  by 
"Bright  Kyes,"  when  about'sixteen  >  ears  of  age.  just 
after  the  pas«ing  out  of  her  mother  in  1ss;t.  saiil  con 
trol  doing  most  of  her  platform  work.  She  wasostra- 
sized  by  he,r  people  and  left  home,  they  believing  that 
such  thinifcs  proceeileil  from  tlie  "evil  one.".  Her 
father  offered  to  take  her  back,  provided  shr  would 
cla'm  there  was  nothing  in  it,  but  she  was  true  to  her 
convictions  and  fold  him  i>he  preferred  her  gift  to  his 
money,  which  will  shi>«  the  courage  she  has  f<)r  her 
work.  She  is  a  fH-rsisteiit  worker  in  the  cause  she  lep- 
resenls,  and  doii*  nof  swerve  from  what  appears  to 
UvT  as  right.  She  is  one  of  the  biremost  test  me<liuins 
of  tKe  countr>.  and  president  of  the  Hhode  Island 
State  Spiritiialist  .\ssociation.  Her  work  has  been 
niiirvelous,  anil  as  Moses  Hull  saiM  in  one  of  the  spir- 
'itual  papers  reC^'ntly,  "She  has  few  e^|U:ils  and  no 
superior  as  a  test  medium  " 

d.  n>.   Peebles,  fl.  n>.,  n>.   O. 

I)r  Peebles  WRs-horn  at  Whitingham  Vt  .  March 
•2:i.  1S;>2.  T)n  the  paternal  sivie  I>r.  Peebles  isdescenil- 
eil  from  a  sturdy  Scotch  aiKi-stry  His  maternal  deri- 
vation was  Knglish  In  bovliood  he  was  an  inveterate 
stutterer,  of  which  slight  traces  may  still  be  detected, 
especially  when  he  becomes  vehement  in  t,be  denun- 
ciation of  mo<lern  vices  ard  oppressions.  .\s  a  youth 
he  was  extremely  sensitive,  scrupulously  i-onsciwi- 
tious.  yet  overflowing. with  exuberance  and  •«<nietimes 
given  to  mischievous  pranks,  which  often  brought 
him  in  contact  with  the  ferule  of  his  teacher  in  school. 
He  was  a  student  in  Oxfoid  .\cademy.  N,  Y..  which 
has  recentlv  celebrated  its  centennial  anniversary. 
He  commenced  pn-aching  I'niversalism  inl>»-l4  and 
and  was  ordained  in  IMH.  The  iloctor  stuck  to  his 
theological  trapp'ngs  about  six  v  ears,  preaching  for 
regular  parishes  in  Kellogsville  and  KImira,  X.  Y.. 
and  in  Balt-iniore,  .Mil.  Toward  the  dose  of  this  per- 
iod he  became  interested  in  the  trances  and  phenom- 
ena of  Spiritualism.  While  preaching  in  Kellogsville 
he  went  with  one  of  his  parishioners  to  a  seance  in 
.Auburn,  where  he  heard  the  first  rap  Not  long  after 
this  he  beanl  an  uneducated  lK>y  lecture  in  the  trance 
state.  He  was  himself  allowed  to  choose  the  subject  — 
"The  Philosophical  Influence  of-ffte  Nations  of  .\n- 
ti(|uity  I'pon  the  Civilization  an<l  !rK'i«-'nce  of  Mo<lern 
Kuropeand  .\merica  "    Reporting  it.  Dr.  Pechleiisaid  : 

XIV 


"The  lK>y  at  once  stepped  forward  and  commenced, 
and  for  4)ne  hour  and  three-<iuarters  one  continual 
stream  of  history  and  philosoph.v  fell  from-  his  lips." 
Soon  he  ventured  to  preach  a  sermon  on  "  The  Spir- 
Ltiial  (iif^s."  wbich  created  alarm  and  brought  ftirth 
4>rotest  from  tlie  deacons  of  his  church.  '  He  soon  be- 
came disgusted  with  the  church  shackelsand  resigned 
his  pastorate.  goirTg  West  uith  the  view  of  entering  a 
secular  occujmtion.  .\t  Clevelana,  ().,  he  fell  in  with 
the    Piivenports.    receiving   some  ver.v   striking   and 

startling  phenomenal  evidence  of  the  facts  relating  to 
Spiritualism,  and  from  this  time  became  prominently 
iiienti^-d  with  its  cause.  The  doctor's  more  active 
literary  labors  date  from  the  year  1S«6,  when  he  be- 
came the  western  editor  of  'llif  lUiniiirof  Liijhl.  Hi» 
editoi'ials  in  thnt  paper  were  so  brilliant  and  popular 
that  its  circulation  became  greatlv  extended  during 
the  four  .\  ears  Hie  wiis  connected  with  it.  .About  the 
time  he  started  on  his  first  voyage  of  eastern  tmvel 
Ije  liecailie  e<litor-in-chief  of  Ihr  Sli'iilmil  Vnirer.ir,  a 
radical  paper  devoted  to  Free  Though*  and  Spiritual- 
ism. To  this  .he  contributed  the  major  portion  of  his 
notes  on  foreign  travel.     His  labor  on  this  fully  sus- 

*  taineil  his  reputation  as  a  brilliant  editorial  writer. 
Subsi  i|uently  he  became  editor-in-chief  of  The  Ainrr- 
iniH  .^/>i/■|^l'(/l^^  published  in  Cleveland.  <).•  Kesides 
his  medical,  editorial,  and  other  newspaper  contribu- 

.  ti'-ns,  the  doctor  has  contributed  nuite  u  large  numluT 
of  books  and  pamphlets  to  the  permanent  literature 
of    Spiritualism.      .Among     these     may     be     named  : 

■  "Seers  of  the  .Ages,"   "  rmmortality.  or  Our  Homes 

-.ami  Kniployments  Hereafter."  "  ^Spiritualism  Defined 
and  Defended,"  "The  Conflict  Between  Darwinism 
and  >ipiritualism,"  "/Christ  the  Corner-Stone  of  Spir- 
itualism." "  Parker  Memorial  Hall  Lectures,"  "  .A 
Critical  Review  of  Dr.  Kipp's  .Attack  on  Spiritualism," 
"The  Origin  and  Destiny  of  the  .Soul,"  and  '  Who 
.Are  These  .Spiritualists?"  Dr.  Peebles  has  made 
three  voyages  around  the  fflobe,  and  he  was  the  first 
public  lecturer  on  Spiritualism  in  .Austratia,  Indiit> 
and  London. 

(Daolanie    Parcells 

This  lady  is  a  clairvoyant  and  magnetic  healer,  of 
Cleveland,  O.  Her  husband  was  once  a  Methodist 
minister,  Madame  Parcells  is  a  direct  desc'end&nt  of 
Cliarles  Dickens  and  partakes  somewhat  of  the  gen- 
ius of  that  illustrious  name. 

Charles    W.  Ouinloy 

Mr.  yuiniby  was  born  in  Dover.  N.  H.,  in  1856.  He' 
became  a  Spiritualist  in  IHSH,  and  developed  as  a  pub- 
lic medium  in  1H9.1.  He  is  an  inspirational,,  test,  and 
psychometric,  medium.  .Also  gives  magnetic  treat- 
ments.     His  address  is  30  Kserett  street,  Kverett,  Mass, 

Tylrs    O.    H.    Koyce 

This  lady  has  been  a  Spiritualist  for  six  yeartt,  and 
for  thirty-seven  ,veai>  a  resident  of  Columbus.  She 
is  highly  respected  in  both  spheres  and  enjoys  a  con- 
tented mind.  ,   ■ 


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Mrs.   Auddlck   and    Oau^hlcr  ■ 

Irx.  Fninoi's  Kmlilick  is  a  shite-writing  mcilium,  of 
inklin.  Inil.     Miiut  Lizziv   is  a  clairvuviint.     Both 
highly  rcspecti'il  in  thi-ir  v<ininiiinit,v. 

,  TilUe    U.    Rcynolols  I 

Irs.  Reynolds  is  an  inspirational  leotni^r,  iinprt>- 
atriec  and  psychoinetrist.  Hit  home  is  at  ItiClT 
th  avenue,  Troy,  N.  Y.  She  is  well  known  in  the 
4lern  States  and  seldom  without  an  eiiKai^envent. 

John  V/.  Ring 

Ir.  Uinj:  is  but  twenty-one  years  old  hut  a  fine  in- 
rational  speakt^r.  He  ministers  to  the  (ialveston, 
■xas  ,  Spiritual  Society.  He  also  posdesses  t^e  >:ift 
poetical  impmvifwtion,  which  takes  him  aher  his 
lures.  ,  ,^- 

Frank  d.    Ripley 

Ir.  Ripley  is  a  lecturer  nnd  test  'medium,  alwaxs 
ical,  terse,  truthful,  and  Kood  nuturetl.  What- he 
ks  in  oratory  he  makes  up  in  ediKcation.  and~w'hat 
lacks  in  |KX'ket  he  makes  up  ihheArtt^  Mr.  Kipley 
;enen(lly  known  as  a  genial  companion.  He  has 
n  in  the  Held  alioul  thirty  years  to  date    IK97i. 

0r.    E.   fl.    Read 

*r.  Read  iaat  home  in  l^insin^.  Mich  ,  and  an  in- 
.-sted  worker  in  the  cause.  He  alM.>  wields  a  Huent 
1  as  correspondent  or  contrM>uti>r  to  the  pre-^s. 

M.    0e    Roc has 

[onsieur  ile  RcK'has.  Count  •!  .\i(;hiM.  colonel  of 
;ineer»,  an4l  ifilministnitor  of  the  tX-ole  I'oljtech- 
ue  the  military  and  civil  enj;ineerinK  school,  of 
•is,  whose  portrait  we  give,  has'added  a  new  do- 
in  to  pnvcholojry  liy  his  experimental  demonslra- 
is  of  human  psxchic  radiation,  which  hi-liasdes- 
)ed  as' exteri«)ri7.ed  sensibility  of  motricity  The 
value  of  his  work  is  rcalixi-d  at  present  by  the 
.  ami  will  of\ly  receive  its  proper  reci>t:nition  when 
pie  come  to  Kealixe  that  U\  the  fact  ^f  his  experi- 
utal  demonstnitions  of  the  exteriorization  of  the 
nan  ilouble,  CJtrryinjt  consciousnes.-  and  sensation, 
has  shown  that  we  may  foresee  the  time  when  man 
I  be  assured  by  experimental  pr(H>f  that  a  part  of 
i' which  thinks  and  feels  may  iletach  itself  temjKir- 
y  from  hin  iKMly  during  his  life  here  lOxl  will  thus 
able  to  conclu<le  that  that  same  part  may  detach 
If  permanently  and  survive  the  deslniction  of  the 
sical  iKxty.  The  principal  wiirks  published. by  M. 
Rochaji  are  :  "  Superficial  Hvpnotic  States,"  "  I'ro- 
nd  Hypnotic  States."  "'file  Kxteriorization  of 
sibilitv,"  "The  Kxteriorization  of  Motricity," 
die  KtHuvia  of  Heichenbach." 

Cora    L.   V.   Richmond  I 

he  subject  of  this  sketch>is,  perhaps,  next  to  .\n- 
w   Jackson    Davis,    the    m^st    universally    known~ 
■ker  in  the  Spiritaalistic  rankii.     Mr*.    Rich%iond 


hteoi 


has  been  \n  the  field^'idwM^t  forty-five  years,  hnvinj; 
bet;un  her  career  as  a  speaker  when  but  just  enterinK 
her  teens,  though  lK>rn  a  medium.  ."«he  is  still  a  fine 
looking  and  vi);orous  woman,  and  much  admired  by 
a  larne  folluwinjt.  Her  infiuenc«s  as  a  sjH-aker  is  to 
awaken  the  higheremotions  in  her  hearers,  and  leave 
fin  impression  never  to  be  forgotten.  Her  inspirations 
are  highly  philosophical  often  beautifully  sublime 
and  elevating  in  the  extreme.  Her  poetical  improvi- 
sations, l)Oth  as  prelude  and  peroration,  are  calculated 
,to  touch  a  tender  spot  in  the  hearts  of  the  most  cal- 
lous or  indifferent.  .\s  an  individual  she  impresses 
with  earnestness  and  elicits  sympathy,  due,  perhaps, 
to  her  mission  as  a  medium  and  revelator  -■  a  mission 
not  leading  up  a  path  of  roses  -and  intuitively  felt 
by  the  more  sensitive  of  her  hearers.  As  a  worker 
she  has  filled  every  department  in  our  cause  society 
leader,  organizer,  pastor,  missionary,  comforter, 
teacher,  guide,  and  representative  -  as  most  of  our 
constituents  know  by  newspaper  reading  during  the 
past.  A  London  paper  says  of  her:  "  Mrs.  Richmonit 
IS  an  ins)iinitionnl  medium  whose  life  has  been  spirit-' 
gqided  since  girlhood.  She  did  valuable  work  in 
I^mdoii  and  the  provinces  upwanls  of  twenty  years 
ago.  Her  long  rc-onl  of  puldic  labors  for  spiritual 
truth  is  a  noble  tribute  to  her  high  character  and  the 
wis4lom  of  her  spiritual  guiile-.  philosophers,  and 
friends," 

Hon.  fl.   fl.   Richmond 

«. 
Mr.  }{ichliiond  was  born  in  Switzerland  Countv, 
Ind,  .\uril  •.'«,  lv.>.5  His  lather  Dr.  H.  Richmond, 
was  ii  burgeon  ami  iiliysici:(n.  and  a  pioneer  Metho- 
dist preacher.  In  after  Mars  he  moved  to  Chautau- 
<|ua  Couiit>.  N.  Y.;  wlure  he  preached  the  first  .Meth- 
odist sermon  in  lli:it  coiiiil\  He  af^erwaids  moved 
to  Meadville.  I'a  ,  for  the  4.>ur|)0!,e  of  giving  his  two 
sons  a  college  education  H^in.  A  It.  Richmond  took 
a  scientific  course  of  studies  in  .\llegheny  college, 
and  afterward  studied  ineilicine  and  siirgerx,  and 
practiced  these  professiiijns  ?.everal  years,  during  which 
lime  he  lectured  cm  aiiKtoniy,  physiology,  anil  chem- 
istry. In  IH-Vt  he  wa«  a|>poirited  one  of  the  directors 
of  the  si-ientific  departijient  of  the  first  crystal  palace 
in  New  York  City  While  in  New  York  City. he  be- 
came an  intimate  friend  of  Professor  .\nders.jn,  "  The 
Wizard  of  the  North."  ami  a  world-renowned  magi- 
cian, who  taught  bun  the  theory  and  practice  ofinisl- 
ern  magic,  in  which  be  became  an  expert,  and  U'.ed 
to  enliven  his  si-ientific  lectures  with  ehemicnl,  elec- 
trical, and  magnetic  experiments,  hidden  under  the 
cloak  of  magic.  He  has  stiidieil  law,  and  in  IH.'Mt  was 
elected  district  attorney.  He  soon  aci|iiired  the  repu- 
tation of  an  ex|iert  and  able  lawy^-r,  and  an  elo<|Ueiit 
ailvoeate.  He  has  practiced  his  profession  up  to  the 
present  time.  He  lias  had  a  very  large  practice  in 
iMMh  criminal  and  civil  cases,  particularly  so  in  dis- 
puted patent  cases  in  the  I'nited  States  courts.  He  is 
the  author  of  a  number  of  lK)oks,  to-wit  :  "  Intemper- 
ance and  Crime"  ;  '"Court  and  Prisoa"  ;  "A  Calm 
View  "  ;    "A  Hawk  in  an  Kagle'it  Ne«t,"  and  "  What  I 


Saw  at  Cassiidagti  Ijike."^He  as.serts  that  he  ot 
dnink  a  pint  of  intoxicating  li<|Uors  in  his  life,  and 
that  he  was  never  sicftwrtsconsccutive  days.  In  1888 
he  was  led  to  examine  thc\>lienomena  of  Spiritual- 
ism, believing  at  that  time  that  it  was  all  fraud.  The 
result  of  his  investigatioff  has  been  given  in  his  hooks 
and  lectures.  He  is  now  an  ardent  Spiritualist,  and 
is  learned  in  the  philosophy  and  phenomena  of  spirit 
return  and  communications,  and  has  often  lectured 
on  the  subject.  MrB.ConiI,.  V.  Richmond,  while  under 
inspiration,  chrislened  him  "Theiivtgeof  Cassada- 
jta.  ■  His  experience  in  the  phenomena  of  Spiritual- 
ism is  graphically  described  in  his  "  Review  of  the 
Seybert  Commission,"  published,  by  the  li'iuurr  of 
l.iillil,  of  Boston.  ^ 

Hon.   Loren  fl.'  Sherman, 

of  I'ort  Huron,  Mich,  editor,  author,  and  lecturer. 
His  recent  publication,  "  The' Science  of  the  Soul," 
has  caused  much  comment  and  is  a  credit  to  the  cnuse. 

fl.  S.  Severance 

Mr.  Severance  was  a  well  known  psyehomctrist,  of 
Milwaukee, 'Wis.,  but  latterly  of  Chicago,  where  he 
died  in  October,  1H»7.  He  knew  more  of  a  man  by  a 
glance  or  a  touch  of  the  hand  than  the  individual 
did  himself  He  penetnite<l  the  material  veil  as  do 
the  sunniys  the  lattices  of  a  window  blind. 

Charles   E.   Stanley  \ 

Charles  E..  Stanley  is  a  worker  in  (ialjipolis,  O., 
where  he  is  at  home,  and  nevOr  permits  an  oppoi^u- 
nity  to  pass  by  that  he  does  not  make  it  beneficial  to 
the  cause.  He  is  also  an  ardent  student  in  the  science 
of-  Spiritualism.  He  U  an  inspirational  and  test 
medium 

Mrs.   M.   H.   Snyder 

Mrs.  Snyder  was  iKjf^i^f  good  old  I'uritan  ancestry,' 
in  the  year  IKii.  in  Cri?|ster.  Hamden  Counly,  Mass. 
Imbiieii  with  strong  Chlvinistic  d<K-ti4nes,  it  was  a 
hard  struggle  to  discard  the  fciitli  of  the  honored  fore- 
fathers to  make  room  for.Jhe  new  philosophy  of  Spir- 
itualism, but  at  the  age  of  fifty-two  latent  mediuptis- 
tic  talent  came  to  be  recofjnined  and  the  slumbering 
»oul,  awake  to  the  knowleilge  of  sjiirit  communica- 
tion, and  the  phases  of  healing  by  laying  on  of  hands, 
develojiing  and  trance  speakitig,  came  to  be  recog 
nizeil  fads  in  henlife  work,  and  from  the  age  of  fifty- 
two  to  sixty-two'she  ilevoted  her  time  and  talent  to 
tlieeause  so  dear  to -her  heart,  and  is  now,  at  the  age 
of  sixty  loiiK,  still  battling  fur  file  lighr  and  truth  as 
she  sees  and  understands  it.  She  patietltly  waits  and 
listens  for  the  mandate  of  the  spirit  voice,  '  '  Tis  fin- 
ished., come  up  higher." 

L.   T.   Squire 

I.inus  T  S<|uire,  secretary  of  the  First  Association 
of  Spirh  lalists,  of  Washingtoif,  D.  C.  was  born  in 
Cayuga  Citjnty,  X.  Y.     At  the  age  of  se^en  yearn  hiit 


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to  tho  town  of  Quiiicy,  Branch  County, 
:e  elussi-(i  iinion^  the  pioneers  of  that 
State.  In  ISlU  be  enlisted  a>  a  private 
I,   Klevenll.   Miehi^un   Infantry  Volun- 

promoteil  l>y  >iioeessive  jfrudes  to  the 
int  of  the  regiment.  In  1K72  he  was 
^an  .1.  Snyder.    ,.She  t)ein(;  at  that  time 

•  believer  in  the  pbenomenii  of  Spirit- 
led  into  an   in\  estij;ation  of  its  elainis 

nelusively  its  tnitb.  Since  that  time, 
endowed  with  any  special  inc<lial  jtilts, 
orcd  to  be  faithful  to  the  eaiise  and  to 
crests  as. far  as  possible. 

>r.    Susan    d.    Squire 

S(|uirc,  secretary   of  the   Ijidies"    Aiil 

First  '.■KssiKMiition  of  Spiritualists,  of 

K  C.has  been  a  Spiritualist  fortwentx- 

Ijorn  in  Baltimore,  Md.  Beinjr  a  grad- 
ine  and  a  practicing;  physician,  it  has 
le^e  to  carry  the  glorious  tidings  of  ii 
ninuirtality  i4ito  many  homes. 

rs.  Rdoiie   R.   Smim 

as  been  a  medium  seven  years,  during 
;  has  been  in  active  work  in  Portland, 
oftice  and  upon  the  rostrum.  .\s  test 
IS  met  with  >;reat  success  ;  has  conduc- 
[injrs  for  two  seasons.  She  is  a  elair- 
L'l,  and  trance  nteditim.  She  lornierlv 
lyn,  N.  Y.  .       /  " 

Or.   E.  n.   SmUti, 

t.,  is  president  of  the  yuecn  City  Park 
id    president    of  the   State   Spiritualist 

Ion.   E.  R.   Stanley 

is  secretary  of  the  Ouc^n  City  Cilmp. 
iation,  and  has  held  other  positions  of 
use. 

E*.    W.    Sprajue  '-^. 

ra){ue,  of  416  Newland  avenue  .lames- 

*  a  trance  an<l  inspirational  speaker, 
test  me<liuin.  He  was  born  in  Krie 
near  BuH'aln,  September  IS,  ls47.  He 
)«e  inediumistic  cxperierces  in  ehild- 
<  in  later  years,  but  knew  nothing  of 
til  Septeml»er  :?.  issi,  Mhen  a  circle  was 
pwn  home.  Iinmedialel\  on  the  circle 
e  was  entranced  by  the  spiut  of  a  Iniy, 
spirit  life  by  drowning:.  'A  ci^yle  was 
ry  evening  for  sjx  years,  durinvf. which 
jped  several  phases  of  mediumship, 
vas  the  answering  of  sealed  i|ue«tions 
irit-pictures  ;  but  his  strongcsi  phases 

and  messages  while  under  the  influ- 
;.  V.  Wilson. 


Mrs.   B.   R.   Sprojuc 

Mrs.  Spr.ijjue,  of  .lamestown,  N.  Y.,  was  liorn  in 
Kalaniaxoo  County,  Mich.  She  first  became  aware  of 
bet  mediumshi])  in  1S,S1,  when  she  was  in  |M>or  healths 
But  through  herdevelopnient  she  was  raised  from  IIH 
to  17(1  jtounds.  She  usually  travels  with  her  husband, 
Mr.K    \V.  Sprajrue^  speaker  and  (ranee  medium. 

Giles   B.  Stebbins 

Mr.  ♦»tebbins  in  an  old  worVer  in  the  field,  n  pro- 
found  lecturer,   and    withal,    a  jrood   writer,  as  may 
have  been  seen  by  lii>  articles  in  the   Liiihl  of  'Irmli. 
He  is  also  the  author  of  inanv  books.      His  home  is  in 
■  Dttroit.  .Mich. 

Qr.  Jacob   SuJanson 

.\nion(jst  the  lonj;  and  honored  list  of  illuminators 
who  have  lit  up  the  failed  hopes  and  j;iven  renew eil 
life  to  the  sutfcrinj;  myriads  since  the  liawii  oti,Spir- 
itualisnir  the  name  and  labors  of  the  eminent  psTchic, 
I  whose  iM>rtrsiit  adorns  this  album  ,  must  occupy  a 
leadiiiK  place.  We  say  a  leading  place  advisedly,  be- 
"cause  the  character  of  his  work  in  the  field  of  mo<lerii 
thei-iipeutics  is  uni<|Ue  and  has  no  prominent  parall^il, 
unless  we  except  the  career  nf  l>r  Newton.  .yDC1<>r 
,lacob  Swanson  was  born  in  Sweden  sixty-seven  yeaj>4 
ajio,  and  came  to  .\merica  in  lS4;y-v  He  is  a  bor^l  healer, 
but  his  (ireat  career  did  not  bejtih  until  lS7i.  when 
he  passi^l  throujrh  his  first  enlranccnient.  saw  and 
communeH  w-ith  llie  spirit  world,  and  K'>ve  forth  tests 
of -spirit  pbwer  and  interposition  culminalinK  in  the 
revelation  of  his  life  work.  He  immediately  entered 
upon  his  mission,  with  rare  self  abnepition,  laying 
aside  busines>  pursuits,  and  for  twenty -live  ye.|r»  h.is 
Hiven'to  the  V<i>rld  as  brilliant  and  succcs-sful  a  career 
in  pure  spiritual  therapeutics  as  hits  ever  fallen  to  the 
lot  ot  mortal 

I  Mrs.   Rlice    Soniers, 

Is  a  medium  for  full'  form  materiali/.ations.  trum^K't 
and  inilependcnt  voices  Heraddrcv-  i«  :i\Vest  Nin"th 
street,  Sprin;jtield.  O.  She  may  be  cla»»ed  as  a  lH)rn 
medium,  for.  at  the  ajie  of  six  years  she  was  already 
clairvovatit.  Mrs  Soiners  is  open  for  enKaKenienIs 
for  the  campiiiK  season.  ^^_. 

Mrs.  fl.  E.   Shieeis 

Mis.  Sheets,  of  (irauil  Led^e.  Mich  ,  is  one  ol  our 
public  \v<.rkeis,  whom  many  will  be  pleased  to  see  in 
print.  She  is  a  whole-s()uKd  woman,  with  a  cheering 
word  for  everybody  ;  is  never  disturbed  by  adverse 
circumstances  ;  always  hopeful  ;  has  a  pleasing  influ- 
ence, and  inspires  with  confidence.  Her  expresH.ion 
chariictcrizes  her. 


Mrs>  B.   6.   Severa-nce 

Mrs.  A.  B.  I  Mary  i  Severance,  the  well  known  psy-^ 
choinetrisl  and  impressional  medium,  of  Whitewater, 
Wis.,  has  perhaps  been  more  constantVy^inployed  in 


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hei'  work  under/the  control  and  guidance  ofJtinHeen 
intelligence,  dilrinK  the  past  thirty  years,  thafn  any- 
other  medium  now  before  the  public.  Her  psycho- 
metric and  imjiressional  retulinKs  have  be'cn  and  still 
are  in  demand  amon^  spiritually  minded  people  in  all 
parts  of  the  civili->!ed  world,  and  of  incalculable  "E'en- 
efit  to  those  who  follow  thc'^)ractical  instructions  with 
which  her  readings  arc  always  replete.  .She  i.s  of 
Scotch  .parentage.  Her  parents  w  ere  .lames  and  .lane 
Malcolmson.  When  first  dcvelopeil  as  a  medium  she 
wasderitleil  and  persecuted  by  opposers  of  Spiritual- 
ism, ami  even  utterly  ignored  by  some  of  her  near 
'datives;  but  *ho  in  ho<m1  time  were  broujcht  to  a 
knowledge  and  light  of  Spiritualism  through  the  per-  . 
suative  and  convincinu  i>ower  of  her  mediumship, 
Mrs.  Severance  has*  ever  been  conscientiously  devottd 
to  ht/r  mediumistic  work,  and  well  may  it  be  said  that 
she  Ikis  been,  an<l  still  is,  an  aid  to  the  cause  of  Spir- 
itualism and  a  blessing  to  mankind.  v 

/  Mrs.    M-    S.    Seabrook 

/  Mrs.  Martha  S.  Seabrook  is  the  daughter  of  the  late 
Rev.  .loseph  B.  Seabrook,  a  distinguished  divine  of 
the  Kpiscopal  Church,  Charleston,  S.  C.  She  descends 
from  a  long  line  of  distinguished  ancestry  in  Kngland, 
Si-otland,  and  .America.  .\  woman  of  high  cultivation 
and  of  a  noble  independence  of  spirit,  she  hu»  boldly 
advanced  her  belief  in  spirit  return,  and  has  contin- 
ued to  give  freely  to  all  clas.ses  the  light  she  has  ob- 
taineil.  She  is  a  fine  psychometer,  highly  inspira- 
tional clairvoyant. 

Miss  Carrie   Suienson        ' 

»     .  .  . 

This  lady  is  the  e<lilor  and  publisher  nf  Ikn  Skiiii- 
iliiitirisk'    S/'iiHiiiilisIt  II,  the  only  Spiritualist   paper  in 
.\merica  published    in    the    Swedish   and    Norwegian 
languages.     Miss  Swenson  has  held  positions  in  vari- 
ous  newspaper   oflices    for   a    period    of  over   twelve    ^ 
years,  and  in   May,  1S!U,  she  commenced  the  publish- 
inj;  of  the  above  mentioned  paper  from  No.  248  Cedar 
avenue,  Minneapolis,  Minn  .  where  4he  office  still  is. ^ 
Miss  S»ensoi»-is  an  enthusiastic  atut  earnest  bclievt^^_ 
in  Spiritualisn\.  and  she  has  not  hesitated  in  spciuflV^ 
ing    her  time,  xjtc,   for  the    spreading   of  thiij  belief 
among  her  own  countrymen.     Miss  Sjitnson  was  Ix-rn 
the  ilth  of  February,  isti7,  in  the  proviiTye  of  Werm- 
liind.  .Sweden,  and  has  lived   in  Minneajwlis  since  her 
arrival  in  America  in  the  Spring  of  1887. 

. ,.  Mrs.  M.   Summers 

Mrs.  M.  .Summers,  pastor  of  the  Spiritualist  Church 
of  the  Students  of  Nature,  Chicago,  is  a  native  of  De- 
troit, Mich.,  born  in  18iS!),  and  brought  up  principally 
in  that  city  as  a  Roman  Catholic.  As-she  approached 
womanhood,  however,  her  independent  spirit  rebel- 
led against  the  methods  of  the  Catholic  Church. 
Since  her  marriage,  at  the  age  of  twenty  years,  her 
residence  has  been  at  various  "places  in  Michigan,  . 
Colorado,  Wyoming,   Illinois,  and  Iowa,  and  besides 


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ho  hn>  tniveled  a  ({ivut  <lcnl.  from  Michinim  lo  Cali 
ornia  ;  Imt  for  tht  past  scvi-n  yoa'rs  she  has  lioen  a 
Ivaily  rosiiU'Ht  of  Chicago  where  shv  has  \)vvn  con- 
tantlv  i-nKa^vil  in  Spiritual  work  In  thi- autumn  of 
SA"!  silo  founilvd  thi-  ehiirch  of  which  she  is  now  the 
>astor  ;  and  shi-'is  opening  up  new- j^ltcfH  iiftheeity 
mil  suhurt)K  SJie  has  answered  niant  enlls  to  leeture 
ind  K'\^'  seanees  at  a  distanci',  and  several  to  attend 
ampmeetinKs  Inheriting  the  vrift  ol  "  seeond 
i>,'ht."  etc..  as  it  has  heen  ealled,  that  is;  elairvovanee. 
1  .iraudienee,  psxchoinetry.  and  j;i'neral  n)ediiiinsliip. 
lie  had'  frec|Uent  visions  durin);'  ehildhirttd  iind  often 
lelivered  niessajres  and  interpreted  syniljols  there- 
roni  lonp  before  she  reall>  knew  svieiititieallN^"  what 
II: inner  of  woman  she  was  of ;  "  -nnd  not  until  she  took 
il>  her  residence  in  Colorado,  about  the  year  iss").  ili<J 
li- systematically  trive  clairvoyant  readin:Js  seances, 
iiid  public  lecluies.  >he  has  been  licensed  as  a 
iicdium  and  leclur<.T  I«y  the  Spiritual  fniou,  of  Chi- 
■■x\;o.  and  the  I'eo>l-">  Suit  .m;ilj>tic  S.-cuty  of  San 
•''inc'-K'o  and  in  May,  ltit'>.  b\.t!ie  clebrited  Mr> 
ri>ra  I..  V.  Iti  hmoMtl  s!f  w  is  <inl  lined  a  nii))i"ter  of 
!>■.•  Kii>pel  of  Spiritualism  >iiic.'  .Iinuarx.  l^lti.  she 
las  been  tUe  iiastor  of  the  St>iritMali»tic  Church  of 
h-  StiidiMifs  of  Nature,  alreadx  nientioneil,  wh'ch   is 

I  society  iticorixirated   under  th^'   laws  of  the  St  ite  of, 
llinois    and  ch;Mlereil  hy  the  National   Spit  itua'istic 
ls;oci  ition,  and  siivo  ev^ry  si^n  of  pcrinaiirnt  vilal- 
X\ .  '.'-■- 

Viclorien    Sardou  '    | 

M.  Sardou,  the  well  kvown  Kreiuh  'ramilic  ;iuthor. 
»lio«e  pliys  hoUI  the  le  dinn  pi  ice  on  the  stajjes  of 
virope  and  Ameiica.  acknowled  e»  h  niself  to  be  a 
II' dium  .\s  far  Iimck  as  Isis  the  /•'"■"•  .S  i.t<  tln'M 
<l:ted  by  .Mian  '■'ardec.  puldisln  d  some  curious  medit 
imislie  drawinirs  of  his.i>M:iineil  uml  r  ihe  iiifluence 
if  Bernard  ^le  I'elissy,  tlie  sculi-liu  IJ--  h  i-  i>ublish' 
d  others  since  then  inade  up  of  curious  combinations 
if  insects  atid  Howci>,  stated  to  represen'  Iheilwell 
I'ljs  of  some  inhabitants  of  Jupiter  i|Mob:iblv  ill  it« 
siral  plane  '.  M.  ;siii(|ou.  wr  ite  a  preface  for  a  recent 
»'>rk  of  Kant  Hand  on  jisych  c  force  in  which. by 
'  tei*  tl  at  many  of  the  piic  ni>niena  wbicb  the  woihl 
»  now  treatiiiK  as  new  discoveries  b  mc  been  known 
o  him  for  thirt\  years  bick  He  bad  the  couiat'e  lo 
iiesent  his  SpirituI  convictions  in  a  pl.iy  entitled 
'  ^pirilisnie."  in  wliich  he  incorporated  a  clever  nr- 
:ument  bt'tween  two  scientific  d.H-tors  in  support  of 
piiituaiism.  Heinj:  one  of  the  1  aders  in  the  I'aris 
:in  liter:irv  worlij  his  opinions  in  this  rc»pect  have 
lad  considoable  inHuence  in  cultured  and  fasbiona 
lie  circles,.  thtiu);h  the  play  itself  h'd  only  a  •■bort 
nn.    bein^  in   ndvHiice  of.the   appreciation -of."  the 

II  ts.ses.  V 

W^illlam   Thomas    Stead 

William  T   Steail,  the  well  kitown  publisher  of />'•/- 
'lUtii't,  was  born  at  KnibletOn    Noi  thumbei  land,  .lul> 
.  IH49      An  Knvlish  journalist,  son  of  a  CunKre);a'  . 
ionnl    minis  er.     He  wmh   educated  lit  home   and   at 


Wakefield,  leavitiK  school  at  the  ajje  of  fourteen  in 
order  to  become  otl^  Ixiy  in  a  mercantile  office.  \^ 
was  appointed  editor  of  the,. V"i'/i>  ni  KWo,  of  DnrlinK- 
lon  in  ISTl,  and  in  isst)  assistant  editor  of  the  /'"" 
.»/<(i7  i;,,:filr.  of  which  he  was  editor  iss:j  S9.  In  ISHO 
he  founded  the  l{  '<• 'i  ••> '/I'l 'i' ">.  <if  which  he  is  the 
editor  and  publishei.  KecomitiK  inteiested  in  Spirit- 
ualism a  few  yea'is  ajro.  he  inlroduccil  himself  lothe 
wDrlil  by  puWWiinf;  a  Cbrixtinas  supplement,  entitled 
•' t;bo«I  Stories^'  of  which  l(i:i,(NKi  copies  were  sidd 
within  a  \er\  short  time.  The  following;  year  be 
published  "More  tJliost  Stories"  with  i  ipiat  success. 
Since  then  he  be);an  the  issuing;  of  a  r<  j;iilar  Spirit- 
jialisi.c  i|uarterl\  maja/.ine.  known  :i«  I!  •nh  rl'iml. 
which  also  bus  'many  thousan<ls  of  re:ii1<  r-  in  both 
hemis]>heres,  Mr  Stead's  conversion  to  Spiritaalism 
was  laiyely  diie  to  his  ni'  dial  i|UHlities,  he  •  ecominK 
an  autotnatic  writer  by  experiinenlinn  with  the  pen- 
cil -implx  done  b\  holiljii'^  the  stme  li>;htly  be- 
ween  the  tin^rer-.  a-i  in  ordiiiaix  writing,  and  with- 
drawing! ll'.e  will  from  the  arm.  which  is  then  Teidil.x 
acteil  upon  ti\  di-c  ir'i:itr  iiitelliirence-t  or  st>irits,  -.o- 
calleil  In  his  autoi)i  itic  o-  spirit  w  riiiiiv;  Mr.  ^lead 
also  discovered  that  be  couM  ilicit  tb  'Uchts  finm  liv 
iii,'  pesofisor  mortals  w'mcIi  were  vciiTKil  as  correct 
upon  inves'i^iation  I'l.is  leil  hini  to  s"i  k  tests  froiii 
the  so-called  ilead.  which  too  were  verified  i^  correct 
ill  iIlT'-  »ouiseof  tiiii'e  and  a  tiioiier  liiode  of  tisiint; 
Mr.  Ste  lit  was  not  t  m  m  to  ;rivc  upat  the  firstfailuie 
to  obtain  s  iti»facloi'\  resalls.  n.ir  to  become  di«cour- 
aucd  b.  c:iii>c  fiHuds  were  reid'\  lo  imit  ito^ie  krenu- 
ine -pii  itual  iKlicnomi-^ia  ;  but  bv. labored  steadily  and 
inv.  •.ii^;.iteil  honestly  .'and  was  lewarded  b\  his  in- 
te;;rit,i;in  mni.i  wa.\»  from  the  /.'•■.</<  •<u.i/  hisinij:- 
azini-  beiiiL'  the  moiiunietit  erected  to  his  conversion 
and  in  ;;i'atitude  lo  a  bi);her  pQMer  for  l be  truth  of 
immoi  ta'litx 

O'.   Necumarch   P.   Smith 

llr.  N  1*.  "iinit'i,  of  loMon,  Miss.,  w  is  educated  in- 
thc  ;>a  'li  •  s,-!)  i  i].  .f  Itiston.  li.adiialed  at  the  Hos- 
1x1  I.iiinS-ho  d.  the  mi^t  faniou*  preparatory  school 
ill  tljis  I'oiiiitiA  ;  w.is  one  of  the  orators  of  ibe  day, 
the  best  speaker  only  l>einn  elisihle  lo  Ihe  honor,  and 
recened  the  special  prize  fi)r  "  Kxemplary  Conduct 
and  Kidelit\."  Me  i-ntered  Williams  College,  and  • 
afiera  three  ye;irs"  course  studied  ibeoloKy.  and  was 
oidaine  to  the  rniversalist  ministry,  at  thv  Des 
Moiiu*  Iowa  I'liiversalist  Convention,  in  June, 
IsTI.  H  WIS  pallor  of  the  Cnivei'salist  ♦<l>ciel\es  in 
Ueadfi'M  Me  I  Is  i(,'e.  la..  West  and  South  \cton, 
Mas*  .  .ind  C'latbani  Ma-o".  b-sides  doin;;  mjjifiionary 
work  n  lowa.and  Kansas  .\ftei'  nine  years  of  min- 
isterial labor  he  surrendered  hi*  letter  of  felowship 
lo  the  Massachii-ctis  Convention  of  rnieefsaliHts,  and 
entered  Uoston  rni\ei'sity  Siditwd  of  Medicine.  afK-r 
a  special  course  in  the  practice  of  medicine  for.  ■ 
twenty  veaVs  Soon  after  matricu'atin^r  lit  Ihe'meil^ 
ical  •<--ho.d.  he  became  interested,  in  j>*..\Vhic  prob- 
lem-, and  i»ecamc  inactive  speaker  in  Spiritualistic 
subjec's,  with  developments  in  psychometic  ({ifts  to  ii 

.Wll 


hi){h  d$);rt:t:.  For  the  last  eijtht  years  he  has  conduc- 
ted lar^e  meetings  in  Boston.  Was  elected,  for  two 
years  as  trustee  and  director  of  the  VetcrHn  Spirit- 
ualist Home  and  is  at  present  actlKely  workini;  to  e8- 
tablish  the  Wavtrly  Ho«ie  iis  a  refufce  for  mcdiumis- 
tic  workers. 

Dr.    F.    Schermerhorn 

I>r.  Si-hermerhorn  was  born  in  I.amont,  Mich,,  in" 
IS.iti.  Cradiiated  fropi  the  medical  department  of  thf 
t'niversity  of  Michi^fiin  in  IHSii  Became  interested- 
in  .Spiritualism  in  IHs:!.  and  was  duiini;  that  year, 
developed  as  a  medilim  for  physical  munifestationii 
'  ttn  account  of  failing  health  he  w':is  obliged  to  diH-^^ 
continue  this  woik  in  ISss  He  first  be^ran  lo  lecttire 
as  n  trance  s|ieaker  in  Bix-hester,  N.  Y  .  in  1.H90.  and 
gradually  became  inspirational  ;  I's  now  developing: 
the  phase  of  test  .mediumship  The  jloclor  hnii  fine 
psi-yhic  powersasa  clairvoyant  physician,  but  is  ob- 
liged to  use  them  sparingly,  on  account  of  the  tax 
upon  bis  nervoiiN  vitality  He  was  elected  secretar.v 
of  the  Wichinan  State  Spirittialists'  .Association,  which 
office  be  tilled  for  nearlv  two  \ears,  and  is  now  secrie- 
tary  pro  tein  of  the  Ohio  Sptritua lists'  .Xstsociatiop. 
For  the  last  year  and  a  half  his  public  work  has  been 
in  Ohio,  havint;  served  t''e-.\kron  Society  during  the 
entire  seasons  of  IHWJ  and  IH»7. 

Esther    Thomas,    S-    M- 

Mrs.  Thomas  was  born  in--\'ir>finia  III.  .\t  the  ajje 
of  six  years  she  already  manifested  mediumship. 
Her  father"  whs  :\  Methodist  minister,  Hev.  J  W, 
•(iideon.  Mrs  Thomas  has  pissed  through  many 
phases,  and  is  now  a  Spiritual  minister  in  Seattle, 
Wash.     She  was  ordained  at  I'ortl.md. Ore. 

Mrs.    Maggie   Theciforal 

Mm. -Thedford  Ih  a  materializing  medium  of  the 
pronounced  type  'Throunh  her  xeiy  remarkable 
manifestations  have  occurred  To  test  her  she  has 
been  put  into  a  wire  ca>rc  siill  the  forms  appeared 
aniont;  the  sitters  Like  all  of  her  kind,  she  has  had 
much  skepticism  lo  contend  with,  but  overcame  it  all 
by  steadily  lookini:  to  the  lijfht  and  preserving  her 
ili);nity  under  all  circumstance.  Her  home  is  in  Tex- 
iirkaiia,  .\rk. 

Muetson-m^iie 

Mr.  Tutllc  is.one  of  the  oldest*  Sj>irilualists  in  our 
rinks.  •  He  is  the  author  of  "".Arcana  of  Nature."  a 
wonderful  priMlurtion.  translatid  in  all  popular  lan- 
iru.'iKes  He  is  also  author  of  many  other  books, 
anion);  which  is  iiotably  "  Psvchic  .Sciene.e."  a  mul- 
tumin-paivo  production.  Mr,  Tuttle's  home  i«  in 
Berlin  HeiKhts    O 

.    tflr%.   Ernma   Train 

Mrs.  KrAma  Train  is  best  known  to  many  hy  her 
poems.  Her  home' is  in  N-  rth  Collins,  N.  Y..  where 
she  is  in  active  service  for  the  cauHe  in  a  private  way 


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ry  of  II  Cump  Moctinp  A>'M>oiiition,  and 
r  i)r<)miiu'nt  po-itions  in  society  iitt'iiir>. 
le  is  kinil-hcartol,  true' to  licrselt',  iinil 
fciidy  to  plrasc  and  williii);  to  siTvi- 
rriis  the  eausc.  As  a  writer  -lie  is  clear 
rilthtul  to  nature,  and  extreniel>  jiraeti- 
te^s.  Kven  her  poetry  partakes  of  llie 
generally  perfect  in  its  niechanical  ar- 
rhyine  and  rythntbein);  harmonious  and 
I  her  general  leinlency  licraspirntions, 
I  loving;  nature  with  a  sentiment  flow - 
rectioi>  of  ^ood  uill  and  peace  anions 
She  also  writes  on  niven  stihjivts  as 
•rant  with  facilitx,  though  her  purest  in- 
id  fe.elinjjs  are  breatlved  .throii>;li  ini- 
S4  or  as  the  spirit  moves  her. 

4rs.  Rnna    E.  Tnomfts 

IS  is  a  trumpet  medium  unil  inspinition- 
She  is  n  tine  looking  woman  Jind  com- 
't  from  Iter  hearers.  Tojjetlier  with  an 
icrsiment  she  pleases  ami  initpires  with 


s.    Sarah   R.    Unoteruiood. 

•inhteenth  year,  Mrs,  rndcrwood  was  n 
It  shortly  at^er  reasoned  herself  out  of 
lo  lilieralisin.  .\liout  this  time  the  wri- 
;{.  K.  I'ndcrwooil  also  came  to  her  notice, 
I'd  in  correspondence  and  eventually 
IStiJ.  She  then  became  identilieil  witli 
ovement.  though  lonj{inn  all  the  while 
li^ht  and  some  detinile^ evidence  of  im- 
lut  upon  reading  the  results  of  investi- 
.'  by  I'rofessors  Seiltrwick,  I.oiljfe,  anil 
L'lnembered  some  youthful  experiences 
ichette,  ami  determineil  priv.atel>  to  ex 
iiutomatic  writing;.  The  results  proved 
were  the  ajrency,  as  described  in  her 
"  Automatic: Spirit  Writinjr."  Herprcs- 
•J65.S  Kvanston  avenue,  Chicago,  III. 

6.    F.    Underuuoool 

most  prominent  lecturers,  debaters,  an<l 
L-  Free  Thought  cause,  was  Mr.  Tuder- 
lime.  Besides  this  he  is  a  journalist  of 
He  was. born  in  New  York  City,  July  6, 
SH'  already  contributed  articles  to  first- 
He  served  as  lieutenant  in  the  Tnion 
L-  close  of  the  war  he  reentered  the  lec- 
1  was  late  editor  of  the  H'lslmi  Iiidtx  and' 
<  (iiirl.  Few  men  have  ever  received 
il  deference  by  the  press  as  Mr.  Cnder- 
evenil  years  he  was  editorial  writer  for 
ilnsi'iihii-iil  Jniini'it  on  scientilie.  reli>;ious, ' 


c (".■*••/«» n  Iff  ,/"r(f  /('f  I  uti  >cieiiiiiic,  I  eii^ioiis, 

jjects,  and  for  about  two  years  he  him-' 
i  the  paper  Alonn  the  lines  tind  in  the 
;  Psychical  Research  .Society.  Mrs.  I'n- 
.'iated  with  him,  writing  diroctl.v  in  sup- 


l>ort  of  Spiritualism,  citing  in  proof  her  own  personal 
experiences.  .\s  a  x-ounj:  man  Mr.  ruilcrwoiMl  was 
inclinetl  to  materialism,  but  latterly  he  has  leclureil 
'on  Spiritualism  having  made  it-  phenomena  a  sub- 
ject of  careful  investi^tation.  He  has  aNo  contributed 
articles  to  the  .li>i"  and  7<iMi>i"'  '•'  I's'i'hir  /ft.vii/r/i 
anent  hi-  observations  in  relation  to  thi-  subject.  He 
was  al«o  secretary  oV  the  Psvchical  S<.-iencC  Conjrresn 
held  in  con'n'ection  with  the  World"-  Fair,  co-operat- 
ing with  niftn.x  other  prominent  men  in  cohtrihutinK 
to  the  succes-  of  those  important   meetinns. 

'  !       _  Commandanl   Tetrad 

We  also  publish  the  ]>ortrait  of  Commandant  Tejirad, 
of  the  Frt  nch  enjfineeni..  This  jiortrait  has  the  pecu- 
liar interest  of  itself  illu-tratin^  the  human  psjchic 
effluvia.  It  is  taken  h\  a  professioiial  photo^;^apher, 
Derville,  o(  the  Hue  Nationale.  Tours.  France".  The 
commandant  was  walking  along 'that  street  with  a 
friend,  conversing  with  regard  to  psvchic  photogra- 
phy when  his  friend  proposed  that  they  slioiild  go 
into  the  above  studio,  which  iheV  happened  to  be 
passing,  and  see  whether  a  similar  Veil  would  be  ra- 
diated from  him  in  a  professional  sluilio,  as  had 
repeatedly  appeared  on  the  plate-  taken  in  his  oWn 
house.  The  |M)rtrait  wi  reprixluce  wa-  the  result,  as 
certified  by  the  photographer  on  the  back  of  the  print. 
These  luminous  veil-  have  appeareil  on  inaii>  of  the 
portraits  taken  b>  the  commandanl,  and  evidentlv 
illustrate  a  nebulous  or  static  miwle  of  the  same  force, 
that  producetl  striated  images  when  ilirected  ihrougli 
his  lingers  in  contact  with  a  seti-ilive  -}>late.  The 
commandant  has  directtMl  hi-etlluviiim  \>\  will, to  rep- 
resent, images  on  the  sensitized  plate  of  torm-  on 
which  he  concentrated  all  the  Ultentron  of  his  mind. 
He  ha-  thus  exteriorized  or  objectified  the  mental 
image  of  a  bottle  and  of  a  bird  The  fact  that  hiinian 
vital  elHuvia  produce  prolographic  iniag<.-s  has  now 
been  confirmed  by  several  new  e\perimentoi-s  who 
aild  their  t^-stinionv  to  that  of  I»r.  Karadiic.  Hr.  .Vdain, 
and  Dr.  I.uys,  previously  referred  to.  M.  Havid.  the 
chemist  of  the  celebrated  French  .*»tate  Tapestry 
Wctrks  of  the  tiobelin-.  who  worked  in  conjunctioiv 
with  the  late  I>r  I.uys,  has  carried  on  these  experi- 
ments since  thede  ith  of  Dr.  I^iiys.  in  association  with 
M  Ch.  Hrandt.  the  director  of  the  Paris  Radiographic 
labor.itory.  These  gentlemen  have -ucceeded  in  pho- 
tographing the  efHuvia  of  a  magnet,  or  the  lines  of 
force  of  the  magnetic  field,  thus  confirming  the  claims 
of  Reicbenbach.  Dr.  I.uys.  and  De  Kochas  as  to  the 
luminosity  of  the  magnetic  eflluvia.  The>  have  ob- 
tained a  Very  similar  image  produceil  b\  the  radia- 
■  lions  from  their  own  fingers,  therein  contirfning  the 
claims  <)f  Dr.  Iiu.\s.  who  called  attention  to  the  simi- 
larity existing  between  human  vital  etihn  ia  and  calletl 
animal  magnetism.  an<l  the  etHuvia  from  magnets 
This  mechiknical  registratioti  of  human  ■j>swhic  etHu- 
via is  of  great  importance  to  Spiritualisni,  as  it  must 
be  remembered  that  M,  De  Rochas  has  demonstrated 
that  the  human  psychic  form  or  "double"  is  consti- 


tuted therewith.  .Also  it  was  show:tji  that  tl^e  phe- 
mnnena  exteriorized  through  tlu-  eelebftited  medium, 
F.iisapia  Paladino,  were  constituted  therewith.  It  has 
further  been  shown  by  Dr.  Montin  to  be  the-medium 
b\  which  "spirit  raps",  may  be  determined  through  a 
iiusineric  subject  and  objects  moved  at  a  distance 
from  her. 

Mrs.   Carrie    F.    Weatherford  ' 

Mrs.  Carrie  Fuller  Weatherford  is  a  trance  lecturer 
and  platform  lest  tnolium  ;  also  improvises  songs 
from  subjects  presented  Jiy  the  audience'..  She  was 
born  at  Hastings.  Mich.,  .\"ug.  22,  IStiO.  Mrs.  AVeath- 
erford  was  an  ex-'ceptionally  bright  student,  and  com- 
menced what  she  considered  her  life-work  of  teaching 
at  the  age  of  fifteen,  in  the  public  schools  of  Michi- 
gan. .\t  twelve  years  of  age  she  developed  clairvoy- 
ance, anil  used  this  gin  constantly,  not  realizing 
however  that  she  was  at  jill  diH'erOnt  from  other  peo- 
ple. Prophecy  has  also  been  a  natural  gif^  since 
childluxMl.  anil  many  remarkable  instances  of  levita- 
rion  (vccurreil  in  her  early  life.  I'p  to  IHSK)  she  con- 
sidered iierself  an  F.|>iscopalian,  but  through  death 
inXthc  family  was  forced  to  investigate  the  church 
credji  more  thoroughly,  with  the  result  of  beeomingji 
Spiritualist.  In  ISHl  she  received  a  mes.sjige  through 
a  medium  that  the  spirit  forces  wished  her  to  develop. 
Six  weeks  later  she  was  giving  brilliant  inspirational 
addresses.  .V  long  and  moM  serious  illness  forced  her 
to  retire  from  the  lecture  ■  field  ;  during  this  period 
she  developed  trance  mediumship.  .Mrs.  WeatherfonI 
has  w  holly  recovered  her  health,  after  physicians  had 
failed  lo  benefit  her,  by  using  it.new  system  of  thera- 
peutics, taught  her  by  her  guides  as  she  laid  upon  the 
couch,  too  feeble  to  move  alM)ut  This  instruction  is 
given  in  her  classes  with  the  most  marvelous  results; 
many  new  truths  concerning  jwychic  and  Spiritual 
1*».  are  al-o  here  presented  ^.Mrs.  Weatherford't;  lec- 
lur^i  are  brilliant,  testSj  .flccurate,  and  improvised 
songV^very  beautiful. 


E.   Wjiyallace, 


Is  the  editiVof  Tim  W'nrlih,  a  bright  weekly  Spirit- 
ualistic ne.wspJu>er  published  at  Manchester,  Kngland. 


S.  C.  and    Etnel Weatherford 


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These  little  mediums  are  the  daughters  of 
Carrie  Fuller  Weatherford  respectively  ten  and  thir- 
teen years  of  age.  They  are  trance  test  mediums, 
elocutionists,  and  inspirational  singers,  and  have 
been  variously  heard  in 'western  cities  before  Spirit- 
ual Societies. 

J.   Clegs   Wright 

Mr.  Wright  is  one  of  our  sciAttific  exponents  of 
spiritual  philosop"hy,  though  never  at  a  loss  to  take 
nj)  other  branches  when  the  iK-casion  requires.  He  is 
a  subtle  reasoner,  a  profound  thinker,  and  able  stu- 
dent in  all  that  pertains  to  the  cause  he  e«l>ouses. 


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Francis   8.   'Woodbury 

Mr.  \Voo(ll)ury  in  next  to  his  iin-siili-nl  the  most 
H)|>ulHr  known  man  in  the  SpiritualintiL-  ranks,  living 
hi'  Rocretarv  of  tin-  National  Spiritual  Association, 
[lis  hi-adiiimrlom  arc  in  Wasliinjrton,  I).  C.  at  the  N. 
V  A.  huililint;,  rt(H)  I'cnn  avcniio.  S.  K. 


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rs.   ffstoie    F.    Watkins 


Mrs.  WatkinK  is  what  the  world  terms  a  ili-ar  >;o<><l 
iOiil.  She  is  a  ine<liuni  who  strikes  out  for  truth  in 
nore  ways  than  one.  She  handles  secular  Mihjects  lis 
veil  as  those  pertaining  strictly  to  the  spiritual,  and 
s  true  to  herself  in  every  respect.  She  is  one  of  those 
vho  is  living  in  advance  of  her  a^e. 


Mrs.    M-    E.   Williams 


I 


This  lady  is  well  known  as  a  materiali/.int;  niciliuni 
n  .New  York  City.  Besiiles  heiuR  a  tirstclas.s  instru- 
nent  for  spiritual  phenoiiicna,  she  Js  a  ladj  of  retine- 
nent  and  e<lucation.  and  has  man>  friendn  all  over 
he  countrx   who  have  lieen  con\forteil  l>y  her  <eancc>, 

Mrs.  d.  <l.   Whilney 

Mrs.  Whitney  is  a  clairvoyant,  trancy  and  test  nie- 
lium  who  has  l>een  doiiiK  ho»mI  work  in  the  cause  for 
uany  yei'rs.  Her  home  is  in  California.  \'\i*  slie  ac- 
•epts  en^ta^rt-nients  aliroad,  having  receiitl>  lieen  as 
iir  east  as  Huston.  She  is  a  resident  of  Sao  Knmcis- 
•o,  Cal. 

Rarer)    Willis 

Mr.  Willis  is  Cincinnati's  historical  iiialeria1i/in^ 
iicdiun\  the  man  who  rose  from  a  shoemaker  to  his 
iresent  eminence.  Few  mediuius  have  been  subjecl 
o  such  criticism  .mil  op)K>sition  in  one  locality  ami 
-emained  unmoved  its  Mr.  Willis.  Kut  despite  it.  all 
ic  continued  his  seances  and  maile  converts  rijtht 
ilon^.  He  has  some  of  the  most  prominent  people  ol 
he  State  as  auililors.  ami  feel-  that  the  man  wlui 
kiiows  he  has  the  truth  has  a   ri^ht  lo.presi-nt   it,  an<l; 


ie  doeH  it. 


Neuiman   Weeks 


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Mr.  Weeks  is  a  VeKmontcr  —  an  old'  pioneer  in 
spiritualism.  He  was  actively  identified  with  the 
•ause  in  the  earlier  days  of  Andrew  .lackson  iMivis, 
Dr.  S.  H.  Krittan,  Mrs.  Coni  Kichmond,  ahen  Miss  . 
'H.'otti,  Kate  Fox,  atid  is  a  friend  of  .lud^e  F<<lmijnd>. 
Profes.sor  Hare,  Kohert  Dale  <,»wen,  ftjid  Dr.  Henry  T. 
I^hild  .\fter  Father  I*ierjM>n;<  he  was  president^d' the 
Kirst  National  or);ani«Htion.  He  has  also  held  liiK't 
)ftices  in  various  Societies  and  Camp  Meeting  Asso- 
.•iations.  . 

Mrs.    Ella    ^VooduJaroi 

Mrs.  Woodward  is  a  <|uiet  worker,  at  Toledo,  O. 
Her  conlriliutions  to  the  spiritual  press  have  been  read 
with  pleasure  t)y  those  who  know  her.  and  hy  whom 
be  is  also  admireil  for  her  Kood  «|ualitie8  geneniUy. 


-F.  Cordon  'Wniie 

I  I 

Born  of  parents  who  were  e»rn«»t  investigiitors  of 
Spiritualism  before  he  wfis  l)orn,  he,  early  in  life, 
showed  that  there  was  a  forOe  around  hipi  which  was 
not  underst<Hxl.  In  early  manhood,  during  a  severe 
illness,  his  spirit  );uides  controlletl  him  and  brought 
him  into  the  public  work  as  soon  as  his  physical  con- 
diti«)n  would  nermit,  and  since  that  time  he  has  labor- 
ed earnestly  tor  the  advancement  of  the  cause  so  dear 
to  the  hearts  of  those  who  are  seeking  evidence  that 
their  loved  ones  are  not  dead,  but  only  "  jfonel»efore." 
I'ermanent  address,  I.il>   Dale,  N.  Y. 

Maggie    Waite 

Mrs.  Waite  is  a  California  lad>  and  a  comparatively 
new  lest  medium  in  our  ranks.  Her«lebut  in  eastern 
circles,  a  few  years  B>{o,  created  i|uite  a  stir,  she  being 
a  very  decide<i  delineatiu'  of  the  unseen  and  very  fear- 
less in  her  utterance  of  the  truth.  She  is  >  et  in  the 
prime  of  her  life  and  has  a  eommandiuK  appearance 
on  the  rostrum.  Her  tests  are  full  and  free  from  cir- 
cumlocution, thus  interesting  to  the  jtene'ral  audience 
as  well  as  the  recipient.  She  speaks  rapidly  and 
w  itiiout  hesitanc>  ,  ami  shows  no  favoritism,  thus  hold- 
ing her  audience  in  expectancj  and -free  from  w%»ri- 
iiess.  She  has  been  remarkably  successful  in  general 
and  has  a  future  before  her  that  will  be  historical  in 
character 

0r.   C.    E.    Whilllesey 

Dr.  t;ranvilU  K.  WliitiK-e\,  H.  S,  D.  I».,*f  St  Louis, 
Mo.,  was  born  in  WashiuKton,  D.  C.  .Sept.  1».  ls«-.» 
and  is  one  of  four  children  born  to  William  Wallace 
and  Clara  Maria  W]iitllese.\  nee  Knajrjtsi  ami  jtrent- 
j:randson  of  Hon.  F.lisha  Whittlesey,  at  one  time 
Comptroller  of  the  I'nited  .States  Treasury  uniler  four 
adii'iini-tration-.  He  is  hi^hl>  educated,  holds  three 
dej;ree«.  but  for  some  time  has  j:iven  himself  up  al- 
most entirelx  to  the  study  of  psychical  and  occult  sci- 
ences, an<l  is  rejfiirded  as  one  of  the  most  elo<iuent 
scientific  -peakers  <>n  the  rostrum,  as  well  as  a  plat- 
form test  medium  a-iid  healer  Of  late  he  has  devoted 
his  time  between  the  self-culture  and  the  psychical 
societies,  where  he  has  met  with  remarkable  success 
in  his  lectures  and  tests. 

David    Wallace 

.\  State  .V>;ent  for  North  Dakota,  alwi  a  mcmher  of 
the  Free  ThoUKht  Feileration  of  .\nierica,  was  born 
in  Ontario,  of  KiikIisIi  parents;  and  in  his  boyhooil 
and  earl.\  nianlioo<l  da>s  was  a  staunch  Christian,  al- 
though he  never  could  reconcile  his  mind  to  their 
■  many  conflicting  iileas.  In  searching  for  the  truth  he 
gradually  drilled  into  .Xjinosticisini  and  was  an  earnest 
worker  lind  a  free  and  willing  suj)porter  of  that  IkxIx. 
.\bout  five  years  a^o  he  iiccidcntly  learne«l  the  beau- 
tiful trutlis-ot Spiritualism,  and  has  since  devote<l  his' 
whole  spare  time  and  mind  in  working  for,  and  invert- 
ti>CHtinK  the  wonderful  facts  revealed  by  that  sublime 


and  scientific  rjrtijrioui*  orRanization  He  is  a  deadly 
op^>onent  to  all  orthodox  creeds  and  dogmas  ;  and  a 
diligent  searcher  after  truths,  and  a  firm  supporter  of 
every  scietititic  and  moral  refomi.  He  resides  in 
Hamilton,  N.  D. 

E.    V.    ^Vilson 

Mr.  Wil«on  was  known  as  the  "  Old  wheel  Horse  " 
in  our  ranks.  He  has  pa^Vd  to  the  l)eyond,  but  hia 
memory  is  kept  irreen  by  his  freijuent  materializations 
through  various  media.  He  does  not  seem  to  be  gone 
rfrom  us.  and  is  as  much  alive  to  the  needs  of  Spirit- 
ualism to-day  as  he  was  when  in  the  l)ody.  His 
daughter,  Mrs.  Kayner,  CbntinUes  the  work  of  her 
father  through  Jvi;r  mediumship,  and  thus  Mr.' Wilson 
is  doubly  dear  to  us  and  all  friends  of  the  phenomena. 

C.    M.   Walser 

O.  H.  Walser,  poet,  philanthropist,  lawyer,  and  sci- 
entist, is"  a  well  known;  man  all  over  southwest  Mis- 
souri. Mr.  Walser  laidx^ut  the  town  of  Liberal,  Bar- 
ton county,  the  land  belonging  to  him,  and  for  years 
there  were  no  churches  and  no  saloons  in  the  town 
F.ventuaHy,  however,  a  loophole  was  found  iji  one  of 
his  deeds  to  some  parties  ami  both  these  socfal  func- 
tiitnings  followed  each  other  inlothe  town.  Mr.  Wal- 
ser was  a  s<.-ientific  materialist,  but  large  heart  and  a 
close  student.  Finally  he  became  converted  to  Spir- 
itualism and  for  it_^nunlber  gf  years  has  been  promi- 
nently i<lentitied  therewith.  He  established  a  Spirit- 
ualist camp  ground  near  Liberal  and  man.v  of  our 
speakers  have  been  invited  thither  iluring  the  past 
vears.  ,, 

Or,    F.    L..   W.   Willis 

Dr.  Willis  is  one  of  the  earliest  workers  inourcause. 
He  is  an  authi>r.  improvisor  of  superb  i>oetr>',  a  fine 
speaker,  and  a  medical  clairvoyant.  \Vt)en  he  first 
came  to  notice  among  the  pioneers  of.^e  Moderil  Dis- 
pensation he  was(|uietly  pursying  his  studies  in  the 
ilivinity  schcnd  connected  wjtli  Harvard  College.  He 
lielongi-d  to  one  of  the  oldest  families  in  Cambridge. 
Before  entering  college,  after  his  preparation,  his 
health  failed,  and  his  physicians  said  only  a  voyage 
to  a  foreign  clime  would  restore  it.  H<  was  examined 
and  accepted  at  Harvard,  and  then  sailed  for  South 
America  to  be  gone  a  year  '  During  his  absence  he 
developed  as  a  physical  metlium,  and  on  his  return  to 
Harvard  was  led  into  the  practice  of  his  mediumship 
bv  |K)wers  not  hi«<  own.  This  set  Harvard  in  an  up- 
roar, and  leil  to  his  virtual  expulsion  from  that  vener- 
able institution,  and  brought  about  the  famous  Har- 
vard inveiiljgation,  the  promised  report  of  which  is  | 
still  anxiouslv  awaiteil. 

.      ■        /   -^ 
Prof.   Ceo.    VJ.  ^Valrond 

I*yof.  (Jeo.  W  Walroml.  clairvoyant  and  RcientiAc 
astrologer,  was  born  in  Hiigland,  on  June  '26,  184fi. 
He  is  a  descirn<lant  of  the  well  known  Devonshire, 
familv  of  Wulronds,  who  have  figured  promlinently  in 


i-  • 


<  for  several  jreneiations  past;   one  of 

■  W.  II.  Walruiid.  beinn  m  jiresent  a 
il  Sjilisbiiry's  oaliinet  At  an  early  ajfe 
id  entered  the'Hrilish  army  and  served 

I  in  several  wars  in  ditlereiit  parts  n.f 
has  been  a  nr(,'Ht  traveler,  but  duriiiK 

L-  has  devoted  all  his  spare  time  and 
eanse  of  Spiritualism  amf  oeeiill  sei- 
ecturod  in  Kn^land,  Ireland.  Seotland. 
eipal  eities  of  Canada  anil  ibe  I'niieil 
er  for  a  paper,  in  speakinj;  of  Mr.  W  al- 
L'  is  an  erudite  gentleman,  an  excellent 
r,  and  »  line  el.iirvoyant."  His  repu- 
liable  aslrolojier  of  m<  rit  is  widely 
IdresMiK  thetininitc  UuildinK.  D^Miver, 

lev.  fl.   J.   ^Veav^^ 

II  former  minister  of  the  ehu(vh,  whose 
Orchard.    JUaine,  arter  invesiifjatint; 

of 'pirilualism.  reaeheil  the  follow  in>; 
ch  he  wiote  aivinn^  his  experi«>'<iee»  in 
i(f/i.  of  Columbus.  Ohio:  ""  Space  for- 
in  this  article  in  detail  the  numerous 
hich  no  other  known  theory  but  the 
ury  can  Uicount  for.  That  theory  will 
ly  when  a  more  sjitisfactory  theory  is 
ike  its  place.      I  aivept  that  theory  be- 

I  should  be  compelled  to  r-nounce  the 
V  senses  and  ihe  authority  of  those 
:al  powers  upon  which  I  liKveimplieil- 
hinjrs  durinji  my  whole  life.  /•-I  openly 
lieory  because  to  do  otherwise  I  slioulil 
ard  and  a  nii.serable  hypocrite.     That 

my  own  cboosinjf  any  more  than  was 
y  ftrowth.  Neither  is  it  of  my  rejectinj; 
the  color  of  my  eyes  or  the  bent  of  uiv 
)ve  of  truth  has  hroutfbt  me  where  1 
like  rn'e  whence  I  jc<>  '  "m  the  instru- 
in  the  hands  of  the  mental  ami  moral 
1^.  Ity  its  power  I  am  where  I  uni  uDd 
all  be  where  ik  leads  me." 

ia    P.    fl.    Whitlock 

J,  of  "J"  .\tlantic  avenue.  Providence, 
lown  as  a  lecturer  and   psychometrisl. 

■  became  a  member  of  tie  I'niversalist 
r  a  number  of  years  was  an  earnest 
jj  this  time  she/ became  conscious  of  a 
.-e  al>out  her,  but  could  not  understand 
iiother  had  been  ill  a  year  it  was  suk- 
ould  be  well  to  consult  a  elairvoyunt_ 
IK  could  be  done  other  than  had  been. 

'  thi.'  result  was  good,  but  during  the 
romn^  spirit  said  :,  "  You  are  a  meili- 
)d  sit  with  your  motherand  fatherand 
lit  you  shall  see."  This  was  startling 
,  but  the  request  was  obeyed  and  evi-. 
spirit  power.  .Xf^erwanl  prx>phecies 
iblicwork  upon  the  platform.  Before 
aware  of  it  she  began  td  give  written 


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psychomttric  readings  from  Ux-k  of  hnir  .and  hand- 
wiying,  anil  has  continued  to  (U>  this  for  <he  past 
twelve  years.  Her  first  public  lecture  was  given  at 
<)>sct  ^camp  meeting  ten  years  ago.  and  since,  that 
tiinc  she  has  been  constantly  empioyeil.  .After  her. 
midiumship  began  to  develop,  many  occurrences  of 
early  life  which  had  seemed  straiige  were  explained.' 
Clairvoyance  of  later  years  proved  thc^clairvoyance 
of  Tier  chil()hood.  During  the  years  upon  the  plat- 
form sbc  has  been  an  earnest  worker  wherever  she  has 
labored.  aii.\ioUs  that  the  truth  of  Spiritualism  should 
be   fully  under-lovid    both  in  Us  phenomena  and  phi- 


losophy, 


Rabb>    Samuel    >Afeil 


(ire^tly  perplexed  bv  the  modern  scientific  attitude 
towanl  the  miracles  of  tbe  Hihie.  Mr.  VVeil  read  both 
,  sides  of  tbe  i|Ucslioii.  studied  I'arvkin,  and  Spencer, 
and  read  the.controversies  on  the  subject.  In  ls74  .\. 
K.  Walhlce's  "  Defense  of  Spiritii.ilism  "  against  \V. 
■U.  Ca'penter  appeared,  which  imjiressed  him  some- 
what. Witnessing  some  mesnieVic  phenomena  dis- 
oosed  him  yef  more  favorably  towanl  occult  studies. 
In  1HS7  .Mrs  Nickless.  medium,  gave  him  and  others 
in  HradfonI  convincing  tests  in  Spiritualism.  He 
,  then  subscribed  for  a  Spiritualistic  weekly  paper,  and 
j  in  .August,  Hss  at  CasKiiilKga,  obtained  conclusive 
proofs  of  the  truth  of  Spiritualism  ttirougb  independ- 
ent slate  writing  through  the  mediiimship  of  the 
Hangs  Sisters  and  Mr.  Keeler.  He  then  read  the  works 
of  Mr.  \.  ,1  Ihivis.  l>r.  Peebles,  Kpes  Sargent  i»nd 
other-,  and  pre-eminently  the  discourses  ami  iHwiks  of 
Mrs,  Coni  I..  V.  liichmond.  He  subse<|Uent1y  In'mself 
developed  as  an  inspinitioniil  writer  and  speaker, 
while  his_wifeanil  four  daughters  also  became  nieili- 
iiins.  He  thus  studied  the  various  phenomena  and 
tried  lo  deduce  the  laws,  the  ethics  and  iihilosophy  of 
Spiritualisui.  Tbe  Hilde  was  now  intelligible  to  liim, 
as  all  sacred  books  of  thp  FJist  are  in  the  light  of  .Spir- 
itiiulisni.  ,*  _  r^ 

Prof.   fl.    «.   Wallace.   LL.  D.^   F.  I».  S. 

A  philosophical  materialist,  believed  onl,\  in  matter, 
and  force  at  the  outset  of  his  ini|uiries  ..After  most 
onreful  and  painstaking  investigation,  he  was  com- 
pelleil  to  succumb.  "  Thtr  /<«•/.<  '«><(  im  ,"  he  saj  s  in  his 
valual>le  iiook  on  "  Miracles  and  Modern  Spiiitual- 
ism."  ■  His  brave,  outspoken  declaration  of  his  knowl- 
edge of  spirit  existence  and  communion  has  made 
-him,  by  his  emine4lce  in  other  fields  of  science,  a  ver- 
itable tower  of  strengtb  fi^r Spiritualism.  !>••.  Wallace 
was  born  in  l>*k,  in  Moifniouth,  .Ian.  H,  1h*.>,  and  was 
educated  as  a^8ur\  eyor  and  architect,  a  calling  he  pur- 
sued until  IH^."),  since  which  time  he  hasdevoteil  him- 
sfelf  exclusively  to  the  study  of  natural  history,  and  in 
this  department  of  research  he  now  stands  without  a 
p*er.  I)r.  Wallace  commenced  the  exploration  of  the 
Amazon  and  Negro  rivers  in  Northern  Knizil,  in  1848, 
spending  four  yearn  in  obtaining  nunierous  vocabu- 
laries of  Indian  tribes  and  in  making  extensive  col- 
lections in  ornithology  and  botapy,  whic*  were  most- 

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ly  lost  at  sea.  He  returned  to  Kngland.in  IS-W  and 
puldi!«Iied  a  work  entitled  -'Travels  on  tiie  .Amazon 
jind  Uio  Negro,  with  Remarks  on  the  Vocabularies  of 
the  .Ama/.onian  Languages,"  and  shortly  thereafter  a 
work  entitled  "  I'alm  Trees  of  the  .Amazon  and  Their 
fse<  "  He  then  devoted  eight  years  to  explorationR  in 
the  Malay  .Archipeligo,  especially  the  Moluccas,  Cele- 
bes and  New  (tuinea.  It  was  during  this  period  that 
he  arrived,  independently  of  Chilrles  Darwin's  re-' 
searches  in  the  siime  direction,  al  a  theory  of  natural  • 
selection,  which  he  emiKKlie'd  in  a  paper  sent  to  Sir 
Charles  I.yeli  "On  the  Tendency  of  A  arieties  to  De- 
part Indefinitely  From  the  Original  Type,"  which  w  is 
read  before  the  I.innean  S<Kiety,  .luly  8.  IK.'W.  '  .\t  the 
same  meeting  was  presented  ^Ir.  Darwin's  paper  "On 
the  Tendency  of  Species  To  Fqrirt  A'arieties  "  etc.  ■ 
.Altlviugh  tin  se  papers  were  presented  simultaneously, 
liUlliS»riters  having  arriveil  at  simiUr  conclusions, 
independently,  the  theory  of  natural  itelection  is  gen- 
erally known  as  Darwinism.  Dr.  AVallftce  has  devoted 
much  time  to  the  investigation  of  moilern  Spiritual- 
ism, and  in  1876  he  published  his  work  on  "  Miiiiclex 
of  Modern  Spiritigilism  "  in  which  hedecidedly  and 
fearlessly  declarevl  his- belief  in  (he  fact  of  spiritoal 
phenomena.  > 

Lilian  Whitintf 
Miss  Whiting   is  a  journalist,  essayist,   critic,   and 
poet,  and  is  considered  to  be  i)osHesse<I  of  a  talent  of  a 
higher  order.     At  least,   that   is  the  general  verdict,' 
and  the  voice  of  people  is  general  truth.     Jessie  Rit- 
tenhouse  says  of  her  :   "  Miss  Whit  Ing,  as  one  of  the 
younger  women  who  rose  so  early  to  the  summit  of 
her  profession  that  she  maybe  ssiid  to  have  attained  it 
at  a  single  bound,  after  a  few   vears  of  able  work  in 
the  editorial  chair  found  herself  possessed  of  a  read- 
ing public  sufficient  to  insure  her  the  more  personal- 
succes-es  of  independent  authorship,  and  is  a  promi-. 
nent  figure  in    the  worldof  letters."     Her  e<lucation 
was  undertaken  st)me  generations  before  her  birth,  in  , 
the  persons  of  an   able  and    diittinguished    ancestrv, 
dating  dinctly  on  the  one  sid%to  Cotton  Mather,  aiid 
on  the  other  to  Rev.  William  Whiting,  first  I'nitarian 
minister    at    Concord     Mass.     .Also    t<f   Rev.    Abnim 
Wheeler,  one  of  the  prominent  Kpiseopal  clergymnn 
of  the  early  New  Kngland  church.     From  her  own  par 
ents  she  derived  qualities  not  less  ititelleetual,  as  her 
father,  from  the  editorship  of  a  newspaper  in  a  smalt 
town  in  Illinois,  whence  he  had  moved  during  Mi-s 
Whiting's  childhood,   rose  to  the  ran  If  of  scnat  'r  in 
that   ,StHte,  anil   retained   this  prominent   place   for 
twl'nty  years,   being  actively   identifieJ^ith   all  the 
leading  movements  of  his  day,  iimloTIeTif  the  fnjmers 
of    Illinois'    present    Constitu|*^i.       Miss    Whiting's 
mother  was  also  a  graceful  "wl-iter,  but  reaching  per- 
fection in  the  daughter.     She  is  regular  corresiKindent 
for  the  t'liiriiyti  Inter  Oomi  ;    was  editor pf  the   Hnt.lnn 
liiahiti  for  three  years  ;  has  written  a  number  of  boojcs; 
of  which  "The  World  Beautiful,"  "After  Her  D^Ath," 
aiid  "From  Dreamland ,Senl  "  are  the  most  famous, 
the  firwt  riameil  reaching  nearly  thirty  thousand  copies 
Her  poetry  is  as  sweet  and  lender  a.-*  "her  prose  writing. 


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